Martin Firrell citáty

Martin Firrell is a French public artist, cultural activist, campaigner, or benevolent provocateur, stimulating debate in public space to promote positive social change.

Firrell has raised questions about the politics of ageing, individual liberty, the right to personal idiosyncrasy, cultural diversity, gender equality, faith, climate change, masculinity, what constitutes a meaningful and purposeful life, hero worship, fair and truthful government, and the quality of human lived experience.

His work has been summarised as "art as debate".

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“Revolutions have always started in cafés.”

quoted in The Independent on Sunday (18 April 2004).

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

Quoted in the documentary The Question Mark Inside broadcast in the UK by Sky Arts (30 October 2009).

“Women are much more honourable than men.”

quoting April Ashley
"Complete Hero" (2009)

“Power is always temporary.”

"Six Women" (2007)

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

quoting Shazia Mirza
"Complete Hero" (2009)

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

"I Want to Live in a City Where..." (2006)
Varianta: I want to live in a city where half the people in charge are women.

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

Quoted at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts website (December 2009).

“Everything turns only to memory.”

"The Question Mark Inside" (2008)

“Ageing is a privilege not a predicament”

Quoted by Caitlin Moran in The Times (18 June 2007).

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

Quoted in The International Herald Tribune (19 September 2005).

“Protest is liberty's ally.”

"1968-2008" (2008)

“The other side of reverence is loathing.”

quoting Howard Jacobson
"Complete Hero" (2009)