Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BANKSYSome people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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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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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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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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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
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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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