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• ‟ The art that I do is for the people. It is about engaging a new audience who wouldn't necessarily go to art galleries and museums and painting on the street is the best way to do that.

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• ‟ All too often, when people think about art in the U.K., they think London. There's some really great work being produced outside of the capital city and I think it is important to stop and acknowledge that.

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• ‟ Street art belongs on the street. But I'm a working street artist and I earn my money selling art in the style of street art via galleries.

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• ‟ In certain places around the world, street art is widely accepted and it is part of the urban environment.

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• ‟ I don't want to sell to street art collectors, I want to sell to art collectors.

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• ‟ I haven't studied art and I haven't studied typography, but I've still gone out and done it.

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• ‟ One of the advantages of not going to art school is that you're not taught what you can't do.

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• ‟ I used to run away from the cops and now I stand and chat with them about my art. I'm older now and it is harder to run away from them. It would be embarrassing for an older man to get arrested by someone half your age. So I gave up running.

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• ‟ When I got into graffiti, it was the most-exciting art form and it changed the course of my life.

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• ‟ Street art, unlike graffiti, adds to the environment and is a positive experience for the artist and community.

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• ‟ Most people think I do street art, so I do everything for nothing. I'm an urchin who paints walls and does work for nothing. That's the first misconception about street artists, that we just paint for nothing.

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• ‟ It makes me really proud to be able to use my art to spread positive messages around the world.

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• ‟ I'm hoping that Abu Dhabi's first piece of street art will inspire the next generation of artists the same way that the discovery of subway art inspired me all those years ago.

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• ‟ I've a lot of respect for what people are doing here in Manchester, to promote the city's creativity and Aviva Investors Manchester Art Fair has played a big role in that. I'm glad to bring my work to the North West.

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