All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
BANKSYPeople either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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