What I love about the TED is that it’s not, ‘Hey, take this check and enjoy.’ It’s, ‘Do something with this, and we’ll help you.’ I think that’s the most beautiful prize I’ve ever heard of. JR Read Quote
Even when I do really big pieces, I do them strips by strips – so you have to paste, you have to involve people. It’s a whole process. And I like that. For me, that’s where the artwork is. JR Read Quote
I want to create the largest-ever participatory art project and highlight the concept of Shadow Philanthropy, where people help others create work without taking credit for it – through this we can really change the world. JR Read Quote
Can art change the world? Maybe… we should change the question: Can art change people’s lives? JR Read Quote
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. JR Read Quote
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy. JR Read Quote
The more social media we have, the more we think we’re connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other. JR Read Quote