You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
BANKSYAlthough you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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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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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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