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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you've made your own sculpture.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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Robert Banks
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