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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars

Banksy

Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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Art Graffiti Littles
Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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Art Graffiti People
Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Graffiti Mind People
People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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Care Hate People
All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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Graffiti Levels War
You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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Art Creativity Mind
It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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Artist Needs Successful
I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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Art Book Mean
Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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Inspirational Inspiring Life
I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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Art Encourage People Used
Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Annoying Idiot Two
You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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Asking Business World
Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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Giving Rocks Space
Keep your coins, I want change.
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Coin Keep Want
Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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Art Graffiti People
If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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Dirty Models Role Sex
I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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Art Book Mean
Live as a villain, die as a hero
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Dies Hero Villain
I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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Art Dissent Guilty House Plead
I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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Anything Believe Violence
When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Come Fuss Leave Walk
People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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Dresses People Thinking
A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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Children Mother Parenting
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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Artist Draws Suffering
When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Away Come Fuss Quietly Walk
We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Hero Need Recycling
Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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Black Justice Purity White

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