Shepard Fairey Interviews Banksy

This is an older interview but I came across it today and there is some very insightful stuff. It's also interesting considering the interviewer happens to be Shepard Fairey, an artist himself. Awesome stuff.

"Every other type of art compared to graffiti is a step down—no two ways about it. If you operate outside of graffiti, you operate at a lower level. Other art has less to offer people, it means less, and it’s weaker. I make normal paintings if I have ideas that are too complex or offensive to go out on the street, but if I ever stopped being a graffiti writer I would be gutted."

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