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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Banksy

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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Army Country Military
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Art Need Order
Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Annoying Idiot Two
A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Independent People Use
When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Away Come Fuss Quietly Walk
A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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Found Males Surveys
Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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Apples Pie Sick
One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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Meaningless Original Quote Thought
There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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Interesting Make Place World
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
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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Artist Self Views
I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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Believe Justice Thinking
Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Graffiti Hipster Speak
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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Art Guilty House
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Art Bus Stops Museums
You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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Castles Needs Sky

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