Graffiti Quotes

• After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture.

  Jeffrey Deitch

  Art, Impact, Culture

  "Jeffrey Deitch" by Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 15, 2010.

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• If Graffiti is art and art is a crime then how come piccaso never done time?

  Melvin Glover

  Art, Done, Crime

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  People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly.

  Banksy

  People, Ironic, Done

  "Wall and Piece". Book by Banksy, 2005.

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• Everybody's trying to leave their mark on the world. That's why there's graffiti and babies.

  Kristen Schaal

  Funny, Baby, Humor

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• Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet.

  Banksy

  Wall, Party, Bus Stops

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• Graffiti doesn't exist unless someone got a photo, because it's gone immediately.

  Jeffrey Deitch

  Gone

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

  Banksy

  Hipster, Speak, Paint

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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• 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.

  Banksy

  Writing, Artist, Needs

  "Stencil Graffiti". Book by Tristan Manco, 2002.

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• Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.

  Banksy

  Tools, Street Art, Banging Your Head

  "Objectified" by Joe Winkler, www.guernicamag.com. October 22, 2013.

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• A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.

  Banksy

  Art, Wall, Weapons

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• Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something or changing stuff than anything indoors. Graffiti has been used to start revolutions, stop wars, and generally is the voice of people who aren't listened to. Graffiti is one of those few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make somebody smile while they're having a piss.

  Banksy

  Smile, Art, War

  "Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall". Book by Banksy, 2001.

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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.

  Banksy

  Art, People, World

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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• Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.

  Banksy

  Smile, Art, Tools

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• Graffiti is something written on a wall, and, of course, art can be exhibited or produced anywhere: a wall is just another venue.

  Matthew Slotover

  Art, Wall

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Beautiful, Faces, Bricks

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• Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.

  Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  Heart, Poetry, Eternal

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• Graffiti writers will never stop. They'll just evolve. It's interesting what ideas people come up with and how it all extends forward.

  Ben Eine

  Ideas, People, Interesting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Graffiti is a pathetic attempt at anonymous recognition.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Recognition, Ability, Pathetic

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• The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.

  Banksy

  Art, Order, People

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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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

  Banksy

  Art, Important, Levels

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• The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

  Paul Simon

  Wall, Silence, Words Of Wisdom

  Song: The Sound Of Silence

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• Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.

  Barry McGee

  People, Would Be, Missions

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• One piece of graffiti doesn't mean much. Forty pieces of graffiti might mean something... It's all about connecting the dots.

  Kim Rossmo

  Mean, Pieces, Might

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was

  Banksy

  Wall And Piece, Knows

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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• Obviously murder and graffiti are two vastly different crimes. But they are part of the same continuum, and a climate that tolerates one is more likely to tolerate the other.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Two, Climate, Different

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