The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.

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Attributed by Banksy on Instagram (October 6, 2018): "The urge to destroy is also a creative urge" - Picasso. This was actually written by anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin in his essay "Reaction in Germany," in 1842.

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