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I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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If you don't own a train company then you go and paint on one instead... it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something... that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.
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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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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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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.
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