Martin Firrell - Selected Quotes

Selected Quotes

• I am the conscience of the 21st Century.
  • quoted in the International Herald Tribune (24 November 2005)

• Revolutions have always started in cafés.
  • quoted in The Independent on Sunday (18 April 2004)

• When the world’s run by fools it’s the duty of intelligence to disobey.
  • quoted in The Guardian (June 2003)

• I want to live in a city where the police don’t shoot you.
  • quoted in The Guardian on the first anniversary of the unlawful shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (June 2003)

• All men are dangerous.
  • Keep the Faith text projections, Duveen Gallery, Tate Britain

• Power is always temporary.
  • Six Women text projections, main stage, Royal Opera House

• Let’s speak of justice as present in the world, as independent and self-perpetuating.
  • Complete Hero text projections onto The Guards Chapel, London

• Why settle for the art world when you can have the whole world?
  • quoted in the documentary The Question Mark Inside broadcast by Sky Arts 30 October 2009