Barry McGee quotes
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“That's immediately how I gauge how healthy a city is-by the amount of tags. It's just in direct competition with advertising. It's still one of the last things that hasn't been corrupted.”
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“I'm really into California art from the '60s.”
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“The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.”
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“Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.”
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“I want to do just, like, regular art. Whatever is made today on canvas goes up against all of art history. Its the most radical thing.”
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“Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities - especially visually - with a constant influx of young energy arriving daily. I love it.”
-- Barry McGeeSource : "'It Is Ultimately About Freedom': Barry McGee on His Prism Gallery Show and Berkeley Museum Retrospective". ARTINFO Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2012.
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Source : "Motivation and Personality". Book by Abraham Maslow, p. 31, 1954.
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