All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
BANKSYNobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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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 used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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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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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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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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