{"id":442,"date":"2007-05-18T16:50:27","date_gmt":"2007-05-18T23:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=442"},"modified":"2008-06-27T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T20:37:54","slug":"banksy-speaks-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Banksy Speaks For Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banksy<\/a> is perhaps my favorite living artist in terms of message. His work is profound and inspiring. So are his words<\/a> from this recent interview.<\/p>\n

On the persistence of vision:
\n“I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.”<\/span><\/p>\n

On selling out:
\n“I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies. It’s definitely boom time in the discontent industry.”<\/span><\/p>\n

My sentiments exactly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Banksy is perhaps my favorite living artist in terms of message. His work is profound and inspiring. So are his words from this recent interview. On the persistence of vision: “I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.” On selling out: “I love the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-culture","category-general","tag-banksy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-78","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3744,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=3744","url_meta":{"origin":442,"position":0},"title":"Banksy Nominated For Best Documentary Oscar","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/25\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Guerrilla artist and conceptual gadfly, Banksy, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his \"Exit Through the Gift Shop.\" I don't care if it's the best documentary or not. 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