Martin Firrell Quotes

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When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey.

Martin Firrell

Running, World, Fool

The Guardian, February 25, 2006.

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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.

Martin Firrell

Art, Real, Thinking

"The Question Mark Inside". Documentary, October 30, 2009.

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Revolutions have always started in cafés.

Martin Firrell

Revolution

The Independent on Sunday, April 18, 2004.

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If we're being told to do stupid or cruel things, then it is morally correct to disobey.

Martin Firrell

Stupid, Ifs

"Art in a Word". Documentary by Vera Baghiroli, QOOB TV, July 22, 2008.

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Art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.

Martin Firrell

Art, Real, Challenges

"Art in a Word". Documentary by Vera Baghiroli, QOOB TV, July 22, 2008.

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The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers.

Martin Firrell

Sunflower

"The Question Mark Inside". Text projections onto St Paul's Cathedral, London, 2008.

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How rare that an artist should make something which forces us to think, and encourages us to stop and think, to question why we behave the way we do.

Martin Firrell

Artist, Thinking, Way

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Different is not wrong.

Martin Firrell

Different

Time Out, November 17, 2006.

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Quentin Crisp said it to me; now I say it to you: say yes to everything.

Martin Firrell

Said, Crisps, Quentin

British Academy of Film and Television Arts website, December 2009.

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Women are much more honourable than men.

Martin Firrell

Men

Text projections onto the Guards Chapel, Household Division of the British Army, London, www.martinfirrell.com. November 2009.

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Security is no replacement for liberty.

Martin Firrell

Liberty, Replacements, Security

"Keep the Faith". Text projections in the Duveen Gallery, Tate Britain, London, 2006.

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If obedience invariably leads to cruelty, disobedience is our moral duty.

Martin Firrell

Moral, Obedience, Cruelty

"Keep the Faith". Text projections in the Duveen Gallery, Tate Britain, London, 2006.

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Why settle for the art world when you can have the whole world?

Martin Firrell

Art, World, Settling

"The Question Mark Inside". Documentary, 2009.

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I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.

Martin Firrell

Cities, Immigration, Want

"I Want to Live in a City Where". Text projections onto The National Gallery, London, 2006.

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I want to live in a city where people who make the rules have to live by them.

Martin Firrell

Cities, People, Want

"I Want to Live in a City Where". Text projections onto The National Gallery, London, www.martinfirrell.com. 2006.

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It is in the nature of truth not to be at fault.

Martin Firrell

Faults

International Herald Tribune, September 19, 2005.

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Never fall for someone with a body to diet for.

Martin Firrell

Fall, Body, Diets

Time Out, December 12, 2001.

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Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat!

Martin Firrell

Defeat, Mediocre, Collapse

The London Evening Standard, August 09, 2001.

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I am the conscience of the 21st Century.

Martin Firrell

Century, 21st Century, Conscience

International Herald Tribune, November 24, 2005.

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I want to live in a city where the police don't shoot you.

Martin Firrell

Cities, Police, Want

The Guardian, July 22, 2006.

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Ageing is a privilege not a predicament.

Martin Firrell

Privilege, Predicaments, Ageing

Article by Caitlin Moran, The Times, June 18, 2007.

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Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.

Martin Firrell

Writing, Add, Our Time

"Art in a Word". Documentary by Vera Baghiroli, QOOB TV, July 22, 2008.

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Everyone is as confused as I am.

Martin Firrell

Confused

"The Question Mark Inside". Documentary, 2009.

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I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local café, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat a little cake and then make art. To me, making art, and in particular public art, is always an assertion of our humanity and our strength.

Martin Firrell

Art, Cake, Humanity

International Herald Tribune, September 19, 2005.

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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?

Martin Firrell

Responsibility, Accepting, Existence

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