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I started when I was 15 years old. And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world, I was doing graffiti - writing my name everywhere, using the city as a canvas. I was going in the tunnels of Paris, on the rooftops with my friends. Each trip was an excursion, was an adventure.
— JR
Tags: adventure, thinking, world, time

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If you give me Times Square, I want to give it back to the people.
— JR
Tags: want, people, you, me
I am an all-surface wallpaper man that retired to become a printer.
— JR
Tags: printer, am, become, i-am, man
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.
— JR
Tags: change-the-world, world, change, art
Even when I do really big pieces, I do them strips by strips - so you have to paste, you have to involve people. It's a whole process. And I like that. For me, that's where the artwork is.
— JR
Tags: like, people, you, me
I want to create the largest-ever participatory art project and highlight the concept of Shadow Philanthropy, where people help others create work without taking credit for it - through this we can really change the world.
— JR
Tags: shadow, change, art, work
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