Ben Eine

I have never voted in any election - I usually have more important things to do, especially since I've had kids. ”

For me, it's mostly about having stuff on the street. You're walking down the street, you do it every day, and suddenly there's something that wasn't there yesterday: something bright and cheerful and different. It might stay there for a year; maybe it will disappear. ”

Street art belongs on the street. But I'm a working street artist and I earn my money selling art in the style of street art via galleries. ”

I'm a long way from being a Damien Hirst. ”

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. ”

Spraypainting a shop shutter turns an ugly, boring thing into something interesting and colourful. I think you'd have to be a pretty negative person to find fault in it. ”

I started off tagging stuff - I'm not meant to be having tea and biscuits with the prime minister. ”

My friends were stealing cars and shoplifting. I was never into that but I was cheeky. I enjoyed making people laugh. ”

Banksy's a very selfish, driven, paranoid artist. For good reasons. ”

One of the advantages of not going to art school is that you're not taught what you can't do. ”