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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.


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



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.

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.



Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.



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

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



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.

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.



Live as a villain, die as a hero

Live as a villain, die as a hero



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.

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.



You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.

You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.



Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.



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

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





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I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody.



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Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.

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T-shirt and jeans style now is where I'm at. Maybe a little rock 'n' roll T-shirt and jeans.

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It is easy to sit and it is easy not to think; you do the opposite: You walk and think!

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