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

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars

When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.

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

If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

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.