Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
BANKSYI don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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If 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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I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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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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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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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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