Here some short notes and quotes from Art Burshy.
I ran into the artist last night in a dark alley as he was unpacking some stuff.
Art jumped up all tensed and in panic when he heard me say hello from behind his back...clearly he was doing something forbidden or sneaky.
Art took some pieces from his bag and started to assemble; when my eyes were used to the darkness it looked like a huge pen. And I was surprised when Art started writing on the wall with it, in sort of calligraphic script.
"Whatever you do, do it with style" he mumbled.
I told him I would use that quote for my facebook and twitter...
That clearly annoyed Art..."I hate quotes..." he spoke
And then he rattled on mumbling different things that I scribbled down as soon as I came home:
- quotes are used to fake intellect
- people nowadays only read quotes, they forget to read the actual books that are required to understand what they are actually saying
- they add a famous name to a quote to avoid people challenging the sense of it
- most quotes are completely misused; quotes are like black and white copies of reality
- people think they inherit brilliance from the person they quote
- quotes are symbol of today's culture: aesthetic image is more important than the depth of the experience
- quotes are an easy way to fill emptiness; people searching followers and who have nothing to say fill that vacuum with quotes.
- quotes become cliches and lose their meaning when overused - as such you are hurting the legacy of the people you quote when using quotes without understanding the deeper context
I realise while writing these quotes that I am actually doing exactly what Art Burshy had been ridiculing: writing down his quotes on a blog...
Well, I guess I am not perfect, and I guess Art will one day forgive me.
Also, I wonder how consistent Art Burshy is on this topic; knowing he wrote this large quote on the wall, and calling it 'street Art'.
