The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave.
Quotes about graffiti (15 Quotes)
In the graffiti, there is a lot of below-the-belt-art. The people in the art are predominantly women, and not a single one has any clothes on.
We're coming into this town full force and we're going to take care of this problem like we did the drug and the graffiti problem.
The incident last week was the first true act of violence that I can ever remember. Vandalism. Graffiti. Those are the types off issues we have. ... Violence has not been a common problem.
I am writing to the EC after consulting lawyers seeking clarifications on the issue from the EC and its opinion on how the poll campaign would be conducted by the party in the light of the graffiti ban.
Poor neighborhoods all look the same run-down, graffiti covered, garbage strewn, crime-riddled etc. Affluent ones all look the same as well clean, crime-free, big homes, expensive cars, manicured lawns. Why the hell then doesn't everyone vote like an affluent
Graffiti is a pathetic attempt at anonymous recognition.
People didn't buy these records because they wanted a history lesson. One of the best experiences I ever had was buying Del Shannon's greatest hits. I had only heard the song 'Runaway' because of the 'American Graffiti' soundtrack. I thought he was just a
When you walk off the train from New York, you see this dirt parking lot with deep ruts and tractor-trailers with graffiti on them. Welcome to New Brunswick.
Said the 32-year-old Ecko about his win, Today is further affirmation that graffiti is without question the most powerful art movement in recent history. This event was conceived as a tribute to the roots of graffiti culture, a time in New York City's history that I chose to believe was worth fighting to preserve. ... when the City asked us to change our chosen art canvas and, as such, tried to censor my First Amendment rights and those of these great artists by attempting to dictate how we express ourselves.
Graffiti near the stage read, This is dream manifest. ... It should say 'check reality at the door' on the ticket.
Where do babies come from Don't bother asking adults. They lie like pigs. However, diligent independent research and hours of playground consultation have yielded fruitful, if tentative, results. There are several theories. Near as we can figure out, it has something to do with acting ridiculous in the dark. We believe it is similar to dogs when they act peculiar and ride each other. This is called making love. Careful study of popular song lyrics, advertising catch-lines, TV sitcoms, movies, and T-Shirt inscriptions offers us significant clues as to its nature. Apparently it makes grown-ups insipid and insane. Some graffiti was once observed that said sex is good. All available evidence, however, points to the contrary.
They were out doing the tagging, and they're now cleaning up the sites that they've tagged. That's a very interesting process to have the actual offenders caught, gone through the court and now back working with us cleaning up the graffiti they created.
Gray hair is God's graffiti.
Now that the government has decided to erase graffiti, things are clear. The decision will be implemented in letter and spirit and with immediate effect. The decision has been conveyed to the commission.