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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.

Banksy

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Authority People Piece Wall
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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Photography Progress Theatre
The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires
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Art People Real
Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Authority People Piece Wall
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
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 holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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Art Holy Grail People
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
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
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
The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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Graffiti Negative People
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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Climbing Drunk Skills
Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Mind People
It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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Car New Orleans Two
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

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