Shepard Fairey aka Obey Giant first found fame as a young graphic artist by printing and putting up stickers of an icon he created all over town of Andre the Giant. His story has become a legend and he has a lot to say on the subject of stickers. Here is an excerpt courtesy of the man himself - below.

“Stickers rule. When I pause to think about it, stickers have changed my life. It is hard to believe that paper and vinyl with adhesive backing can do so much. Repetition works, and stickers are a perfect medium to demonstrate this principle. As long as stickers are being put up faster than they weather or are cleaned, they are accumulating. For cities, it is a constant maintenance battle. Simple fact is, it’s a lot easier to put stickers up than to clean them off. People also seem unable to resist the urge to stick them on their belongings, car, stereo, skateboard, guitar, and the list goes on. What’s on stickers doesn’t even have to be that cool, they still manage to make their way into every nook and cranny on the planet.”