Martin Firrell
Has been described as a cultural activist, a campaigner and benign propagandist, placing text in public space to promote debate and positive social change.
I like words on public buildings and Firrell is a master of gauging their power.
Art’s true purpose is to be human as opposed to some rarefied activity set away from real life. I think art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.
I do see myself as aiming to foment some kind of revolution.
Not power not cruelty not death not winning not fighting not money not oil not war not sex not tyranny: all tyrants fall.
Protest is liberty's ally.
I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.
I can accept no responsibility for any changes in your existence, miraculous or otherwise. You must take responsibility for your own life. You must have your own life because if you haven’t had at least that, what have you had?
Liberty dies where there is agreement without thought or argument.
Look to the day when we can say goodbye to all out heroes because their work is done. Justice is alive, independent, unassailable.
If obedience invariably leads to cruelty, disobedience is our moral duty.
Martin Firrell is my favourite public artist.
You said in that moment on the beach you were entirely happy.
Why settle for the art world when you can have the whole world?
Rain has always been connected in my mind with kindness.
Quentin Crisp said it to me; now I say it to you: say yes to everything.
My heart pumping 70 times a minute every minute my whole life. What a task! To reach any age in those terms sounds miraculous!
Surrounded by army, you think you're going to die. You can't shower because they'll find you nude.
The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers.
Firrell has reinvented poetry for the 21st Century.
There are many ways to be strong.