Brandon- Post 4 scratch it and it spreads

Graffiti art originated in the late 1960's, and it has been developing ever since. However, it is not readily accepted as being art like those works that are found in a gallery or a museum. It is not strictly denied the status of genuine art because of a lack of form or other base visual elements. Most of the opposition to graffiti art is due to its location and bold, unexpected, and unconventional presentation, but its presentation and often illegal location does not necessarily disqualify it as art

The nature of graifitti art, does depends alot upon, ideas and skill in creating a view or social or political statement, also I would say in a lot of cases, speed.

People can easily enough walk up to a wall a deface it with writing and imagery.
As a personal opinion I believe that the creation of street art needs time and planning, which brings up the topic of stencil art aswell too, the placing of the image doesn’t time consume, but it’s the idea and the subject or statement that defines it, which I would believe takes the majority of the creation of it, that and readying the image to be sprayed

I think people see a giant painted stenciled artwork on the wall, and think how they could create work like that without getting caught, as graffitti is looked down upon in most places, getting something so detailed or gallery worthy adds a certain character or atmosphere to it.
Other places seem to thrive of it.

http://www.graffiti.org/faq/stowers.html