Why is non-commercial public expression considered criminal?

I said, ok, I'll pay the licensing fee it. And [the AP] said, no, we want to claim damages. I said damages? Because of my poster the Mannie Garcia picture is now worth more than it ever would have been.

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.

Why is non-commercial public expression considered criminal?

Art making comes from the human desire to share something that is universal in one sense, but unique to your sensibility in another. I think that, wherever you are in the world, that impulse exists within human beings.

I wear some of my stuff, but usually the less in-your-face designs. I get a little self conscious, there is a fine line between pride and ego.

If being original means having to throw paint in front of a jet turbine to hit a canvas 50 ft away then lets not be original.