The way I make art, the way a lot of people make art, is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important.

Creating is about sharing ideas, sharing aesthetics, sharing what you believe in with other people.

The sticker has no meaning, but exists only to cause people to react, to contemplate and search for meaning.

Public art is ephemeral by nature. Google 's new project not only catalogs an artist's work but archives it and allows people to see the art long after it has disappeared.

I'm mischievous. The idea of taking risks and having real-world consequences energizes me.

I think the freedom to express one's views is more important than intellectual property.

Why is non-commercial public expression considered criminal?

I've never really considered myself just a street artist. I consider myself a populist.

Art is not always meant to be decorative or soothing, in fact, it can create uncomfortable conversations and stimulate uncomfortable emotions.

I've never had an original thought in my lifeand there's tons of people on the internet happy to tell me just that.

Every spoof gives more power to the original.

I want to affirm that thinking and living, knowing and doing, theory and practice intersect.

I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.

Kurt [Cobain ]was a feminist. A lot of the bashing against Courtney [Love] I think has to deal with gender bias and the media, and I think that he liked that she was taking the attention off of him.

Why doesn't God just force us to do the things he knows to be right? It is because that would lose precisely that which he has intended in our creation: freely chosen character.

They did ask me to do 'Dancing With The Stars;' I said I can do one show, but on that show you have to come up with a new number every week, and I told them that I think I'm a little past that stage.

If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.

The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective.

People don't know about football. They think they know about it but they don't know much.

You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain.

You’ll come back To me . . . It’s written in the stars, you see, you’ll come back. You’ll come back, it’s a fact that I am strong because I do believe in you.