Martin Firrell Quotes

born 1963

Martin Firrell (born 4 April 1963) has been described as a cultural activist, a campaigner and benign propagandist, placing text in public space to promote debate and positive social change.

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I am the conscience of the 21st Century.

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

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

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

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

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

The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers.

The Question Mark Inside (2008)

Never fall for someone with a body to diet for.

Revolutions have always started in cafés.

Women are much more honourable than men.

Complete Hero (2009)

Art is like a fart for the soul. Better out than in.

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

Everybody should be entitled to one lie, one failing, one infidelity.

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

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

Complete Hero (2009)

Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat!

Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.

The other side of reverence is loathing.

Complete Hero (2009)

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.

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

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Firrell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.