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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.

Banksy

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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Art House People
I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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Graffiti Trying World
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
If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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Get Matter Rid
If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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Alive Live Painting Today
You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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Asking Business World
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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Art Book Mean
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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Air Cutting Drinking
Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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Journey Live Your Life Okay
If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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Art Lying People
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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Christmas Lying Years
I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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Art Encourage People Used
A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Independent People Use
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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Inspiring Movie World
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Art Graffiti Street Tools
The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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Graffiti Negative People

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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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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