Shepard Fairey Quotes

I view art as an inspirational tool.

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.

The arts stimulate imagination. They provoke thought. And then, having done that, all sorts of other things happen.

For me, art is not 'brooding.' It comes from someplace that is more fun and that has a kind of electricity to it.

Whenever I'm doing a collection, I'm inspired by the world around us.

Art brings to life things that can seemingly be dead, and can put a fresh perspective on things that are living. It's so important we keep creating.

You know a trillion times more about art than me. But I’ve learned that it isn’t necessary to know all that much. You just make what you wanna see, right? It’s a game, right? It’s like being paid for dreaming.

Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

Art is both creation and recreation.

I've never been a big fan of subtle art. I like art that gets deep into my head and starts my brain spinning with new ideas and inspiration and my whole body is full of energy.

Art is a sense of magic.

I am always looking for ideas, whether it is in art on the street or in my world travels. It comes to me randomly and unexpectedly.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.

To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul.

We have such a great depth of human history in all of the arts, whether it's opera or mathematics or painting or classical music or jazz. There's so many things to study, new books to read, and certainly always ways to transform old ideas and to come up with new ones.

If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.

I want to create. I think that's the one word I can grow on.

Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.