"If you want to change the world-- (original) (raw)

4:27p

let the words of our forefathers ring true in our ears "In a world saturated with high-priced corporate imagery, beyond just having a charming aesthetic, the stencil is a cheap and effective way for an artist or activist to put their work in front of the public and level the playing field"
-Shepard Fairey

"Street stencils are beautiful little booby-traps of information lying in wait; aesthetic gifts left behind as urban folk art, simultaneously revealing and concealing their purpose." -Western Cell Division

"Writing graffitti 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 theres no admission fee." -Banksy

"My drive is the need to see art on blank spaces, to breathe life into derelict sites. It often makes people think twice about vandalizing them, just as you wouldn't throw a piece of wood onto fire if it were carved into a beautiful figure or animal." -Nylon

"Speak softly and carry a big can of spray paint." -Banksey

"The idea of using the urban landscape as a canvas remains constant. If you want to get your point across there's only one way to do it: get your message to where the public can see it. Poster, sticker, stencil, and cover the streets, signs, walls and whatever else is out there." -Dave Kinsey

"I also like the political edge. All graffitti is low level dissent but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and stop wars. They look political just through the style." -Banksy

"What interests me is that a stencil is 'open': one person will see one thing, another something else. The more people see different things in my pochoirs, the more i 'win.'" -Némo

"A lot of people think that scuttling around stencilling images onto buildings in the middle of the night is the action of a sad, frustrated individual who can't get attention any other way. They might be right, but I've done gallery shows and, if you've been hitting on people with all sorts of images in all sorts of places, they're a real step backwards. Painting the streets means becoming an actual part of the city. It's not a spectator sport." -Banksy

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