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Banksy

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
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Art Graffiti Smile
Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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Air Cutting Drinking
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Art Need Order
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Art Graffiti Street Tools
Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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Art House People
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
If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
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Climbing Drunk Skills
The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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Graffiti Negative People
People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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Art Morning War
My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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Believe Cartoon Ties
The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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Art Holy Grail People
T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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Photography Progress Theatre
Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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Art Cheating Deep Thought
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
Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Art Police Today
In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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Anonymous Everybody Future Minute

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