Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
BANKSYGraffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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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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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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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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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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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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