Martin Firrell Quotes

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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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Revolutions have always started in cafés.

  Martin Firrell

  Revolution

  The Independent on Sunday, April 18, 2004.

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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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• Different is not wrong.

  Martin Firrell

  Different

  Time Out, November 17, 2006.

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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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• 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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• I believe we have to put art back at the center of everyday life rather than allowing it to become a specialist activity at the margins of society.

  Martin Firrell

  Art, Believe, Everyday

  International Herald Tribune, September 19, 2005.

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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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• I do see myself as aiming to foment some kind of revolution.

  Martin Firrell

  Revolution, Kind

  "The Question Mark Inside". Documentary, broadcast in the UK by Sky Arts, October 30, 2009.

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• I have a fundamental faith in folk, that people are interesting and good.

  Martin Firrell

  People, Interesting, Fundamentals

  Article by Ruth Gledhill, The Times, October 10, 2008.

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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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• It is perfectly reasonable to despair of a world where the Nobel Committee gives the Peace Prize to a man running a war.

  Martin Firrell

  Running, War, Men

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• There's not a lesbian hero that everybody can relate to.

  Martin Firrell

  Hero, Relate

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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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• This is the way the world really ends: not with whimper but a desperate chuckle.

  Martin Firrell

  World, Way, Desperate

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

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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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