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.
BANKSYSome people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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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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I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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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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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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