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.
BANKSYAt this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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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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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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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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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’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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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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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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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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