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.
BANKSYIf Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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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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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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