If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
BANKSYThere are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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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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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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