Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
BANKSYYou don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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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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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to 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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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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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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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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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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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