Keith Haring

I'm just trying to leave something behind.

My art is a reflection of my time.

I don't believe in boundaries when it comes to art.

I am becoming much more aware of movement. The importance of movement is intensified when you reduce the image to its most elemental state.

I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.

I could have sold out years ago, but I didn’t. I’ve never had to compromise.

The public needs art, and it is the responsibility of a ‘self-proclaimed artist’ to realize the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art for the few and ignore the masses.

I’m not going to be another boring artist who just makes paintings.

Art should be something that shocks you out of your sleep.

The subway drawings were about communication more than anything else.

I don’t think about death, because I don’t think about stopping.

Art is for everybody—that’s the bottom line.

I’m not a genius, I’m just a guy who draws every day.

You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

If you don’t like my work, fine. But don’t try to censor it.

I’m not a martyr. I’m just an artist who got sick.

I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you like something, enjoy it.

The only way to change anything is to shock people into paying attention.

Art is the most powerful weapon on earth.

I don’t think art can change the world, but it can change people, and people can change the world.