Shepard Fairey Quotes

I do think it's possible to change people's minds - it's one of my goals with my music.

To see that I have this huge platform now, and so many people are listening to what I have to say, it really makes me want to orientate toward something that would really educate people, create awareness, do something more than just show them a cute outfit or what I'm having for lunch.

The way I see it, any attention I get, for whatever reason, just draws more eyes to the causes that I believe in.

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.

So many people are not aware that NPR writes things, 'posts' things. But we are spreading the word.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

Surround yourself with positive people and you'll be a positive person.

I don't think you should necessarily listen to a celebrity just because he is one. But if you can marshal your celebrity and really steep yourself in whatever issue you're trying to promote, it can actually move the ball forward, and we've done that.

Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn people onto different things they may not be, y'know, aware of. That is what Naked City is certainly about.

I plan with the BBC African Player of the Year award to become an agent of hope and positive change in the lives of the millions of African youths who have lost hope and are deprived.

You can spread awareness through entertainment.

With any minority group, it takes a strong presence in the public eye to make a change because everything nowadays is social media.

Writing a check is easy. The opportunity for real change happens when there's a person who comes to you with real passion to create a movement.

I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

My goal is to share information and to educate. But am I an activist? No, no, no. I don't believe in pushing things on people.

The people need to know about guys like John Moraga.

How can you make the people change? How can you reach them in their heart? I do not have the answers for this.

I have been talking about social issues on YouTube for a long time now. I think it's very important in terms of being able to reach people around the world and people who have never been exposed to certain topics or are maybe misinformed about certain things.

Newsman are the ones who - without them we don't have a civil rights movement, we don't have a women's movement, we don't have a Vietnam movement.

The media doesn't educate anyone.

Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It's a seeding of the self in the consciousness of others.

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.

I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.

You have so much power to bring awareness, prevention and change.