People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
BANKSYStencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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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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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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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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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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