I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has toโฆexpose as much as possible what he sees so that some people think about things that they donโt normally think aboutโฆ [Art] should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.
Keith HaringThe dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, its a natural part in the evolution of the work.
Keith HaringThe only way art lives is through the experience of the observer. The reality of art begins with the eyes of the beholder, through imagination, invention and confrontation.
Keith HaringDrawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.
Keith HaringI am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.
Keith HaringThe best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint... I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything... and then make something... Every time I make something I think about the people who are going to see it and every time I see something, I think about the person who made it... Nothing is important... so everything is important.
Keith Haring