KAWS Quotes

• Graffiti is like building a career. And there is a dialogue with the other artists out there mostly fellow writers because a lot of people who don't paint just see a blur when they look at it.

  KAWS

  Artist, Careers, People

  Source: www.freshnessmag.com

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• It's just a combination of letters I liked. And when your whole art's based on the lettering you choose, you kinda figure out what ones work together. I just liked the shapes of the k, a, w, s. It has no meaning.

  KAWS

  Art, Working Together, Shapes

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• As far as my opinion on galleries, I think they are a great thing. I see them as another outlet. I'm sure by now you've figured out that I do my work for everybody to see. That's the whole point.

  KAWS

  Thinking, Opinion, Gallery

  Art Crimes Interview, www.graffiti.org. 1996.

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• It's strange with graffiti. You put a lot out, but you don't get that much back because not many people know who's doing it. You have your peers of about 10 guys who know you are the one painting.

  KAWS

  People, Guy, Graffiti

  Source: www.freshnessmag.com

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• My first interest in graffitti came when I was in grammar school, around '87 or '88 I was about twelve years old. I did not know much about writing, I just knew that I liked to write my name everywhere I could in my neighborhood.

  KAWS

  Writing, School, Years

  Art Crimes Interview, www.graffiti.org. 1996.

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