All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
BANKSYIf you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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 should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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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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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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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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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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