I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.

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

Today's art has been cancelled due to police activity.

Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas every day, we read novels by the millions, and buy records by the billions. 'We the people' affect the making and quality of most of our culture, but not our art.

You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.

It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.

I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.