KEITH HARING ON ART & MONEY

«Others artists have been accusing me of selling out since my paintings started selling. I mean, I don't know what they intended me to do: Just stay in the subway the rest of my life? Somehow that would have made me stay pure? By 1984 the subway thing started to backfire, because everyone was stealing the pieces. I'd go down and draw in the subway, and two hours later every piece would be gone. They were turning up for sale»

-Keith Haring
 Rolling Stones magazine
August 10 1989 p. 64