Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
BANKSYSometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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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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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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.
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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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