Ben Eine

You can't be a punk all your life.

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I'm a luxury brand.

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Banksy's a very selfish, driven, paranoid artist. For good reasons.

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It's hard to live just by selling paintings.

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I'm a long way from being a Damien Hirst.

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Anyone can lose their home and find their life is turned upside down.

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

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Painting on the ground was a cool challenge because you can't just stand back and see what you're doing.

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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 started off tagging stuff - I'm not meant to be having tea and biscuits with the prime minister.

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My friends were stealing cars and shoplifting. I was never into that but I was cheeky. I enjoyed making people laugh.

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An airplane cabin isn't the first place people think of when they choose an exhibition space, but I'm all for doing things…

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I'm a bit too old for anarchy. If I was younger I might be more political but I'm married with kids and…

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Spraypainting a shop shutter turns an ugly, boring thing into something interesting and colourful. I think you'd have to be a pretty…

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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…

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I love to paint and beautify the most unexpected of places - I've painted everything from doorways to trains but have always…

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Old typography or letter woodblocks that are hand-carved, cracked, and worn are especially beautiful. I love that aged, handmade effect, and that's…

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Street artists want to add something to the environment. They consider the audience, whereas graffiti writers don't care about anyone except themselves,…

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A friend of mine back in 1989 did an illegal rave in Vauxhall. He got Keith Haring to come along and tag…

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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…

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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…

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I love the process of cutting everything out with a scalpel yourself: I don't want to have my stencils drawn up in…

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I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different…

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The Prime Minister gave President Obama one of my artworks and suddenly my name was all over the news.

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Whenever I get a job that's somewhere around America, I fly over my ex-wife and daughter and hang out with them.

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The whole world is covered in graffiti. No one cares. It's just part of urban noise.

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I'm always travelling and spend a lot of time in airports so I know what it feels like to get a personal…

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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…

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I have never voted in any election - I usually have more important things to do, especially since I've had kids.

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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 got a message from Downing Street that my picture's hanging in the White House. Which is weird.

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When I can, I enjoy working with local people to involve everyone in the community in changing their environment.

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I did long-term re-insurance claims. Asbestos, health hazards, pollution. It was very boring. But I've got quite a mathematical brain and it…

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A lot of my paintings have quite negative meanings, but painted in a bright and cheerful way.

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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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Graffiti writers will never stop. They'll just evolve. It's interesting what ideas people come up with and how it all extends forward.

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Whenever I go anywhere in the world to do a show I try to paint something in the street as well.

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

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