Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.

People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly.

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.

Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.

Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.

Live as a villain, die as a hero

Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education to understand it, and there's no admission fee.

You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.

Simple is clever. Complicated just means you haven’t been clever enough to reduce ‘it’ to its essence.

War takes so many more casualties than just the dead.

That is how the European tribes operate, she said, If they can't control it, they destroy it.

In a just world, there would be no possibility of 'charity'.

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

The best way not to encounter Americas health care system is not to have to encounter it.

I think Twyla [Tharp] has a lot to say. The great thing about Twyla is that she continues to explore.

Each book I've done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once I find it, I stick with it.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

...The war (WWI) cost your Uncle Sam $52 billion. $39 billion was expended in the actual war period. This expenditure yielded $16 billion in profits.