Quotes About Rebellion

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art.

The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.

I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!.

I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.

I like being on the margins. You work better there.

I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.

If more than ten percent of the public likes a painting, it should be burned.

Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique.

How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.

When I'm in bars or clubs, it gets to the point where I feel I'm obliged to streak. It's not a problem.

There's a bunch of rules that I want to break. I have a rule-breaking streak.

I like bad boys... not really bad, but men with an edge... they should be clean but have that streak.

Street art, of course, is political, because it's illegal, so the very act of doing it is an act of defiance.

As soon as I got my driver's license, I went crazy, and I got the Ford Cosworth, which was this limited edition street racing turbo. It was like this 200-miles-an-hour monster.

My philosophy through all my work, be it on canvas or on the street, is about pushing boundaries and not going with the flow because everyone else is doing something a certain way.

Pirate radio is like street art.

My mum pushed me to get a normal job when I finished school, and I just wasn't into that at all. So I hit the street and started busking and making my own way.

I raced a lot when I was in high school, street raced.

It's part of my life to feel like a criminal, to have eyes in my back and see if I'm being followed. It's a feeling that comes from street juggling because I have been arrested so many times.

I've sold my records outta shopping carts on the street.

As a kid I wanted to run away from home every time I got a scolding for being naughty but I never did. Knowing now what happens to unprotected kids on the streets I'm glad I didn't.

Sometimes I sneak out into the streets alone, like Princess Jasmine in 'Aladdin.'

I was never good at school and was always fighting in the streets.

Yes, I was a bully. But the scrapping on the streets was my way of dealing with the anger I felt towards my parents.