Graffiti Writing Quotes

I started when I was 15 years old. And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world, I was doing graffiti - writing my name everywhere, using the city as a canvas. I was going in the tunnels of Paris, on the rooftops with my friends. Each trip was an excursion, was an adventure.

For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can be the result of scratches and incisions. The aim is to maintain the energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street.

I am a hip-hop artist, as you probably know. My hip-hop name is Big Smalls.

When I got into graffiti, it was the most-exciting art form and it changed the course of my life.

I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC.

I was brought up in south London and I started out in the world of graffiti when I was about 14 because I wanted to be part of that hooded tracksuit gang thing.

I grew up around New York, graffiti culture.

The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.