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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

Banksy

Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Graffiti Mind People
Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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Art Graffiti Littles
Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Graffiti Hipster Speak
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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Looks People White
You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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Inspirational Race Winning
Live as a villain, die as a hero
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Dies Hero Villain
A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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Found Males Surveys
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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Artist Draws Suffering
Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Authority People Piece Wall
Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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Believe Punishment Should
People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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Graffiti Ironic People
You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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Castles Needs Sky
The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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Art Home Taken
Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Mind People
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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Art Guilty House
Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Annoying Idiot Two

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