Why should you stay away from graffiti writers?
The longest recorded piece of graffiti was painted by a student in the toilets of his college at Changsha, China in 1915. It consisted of over 4000 characters criticising his teachers and the state of Chinese society.
After completing this masterpiece the student handed himself in and was paraded in front of the school and threatened with expulsion. The student was a 22 year old Chairman Mao Zedong. A graffiti artist who later founded the People’s Republic of China and was responsible for the deaths of over 30 million people.
(Chieh Fang, Chinese army magazine, Decmeber 1968)
I’m looking for the original source of this quotation. Where did you get it, from a book or another web site? It would be a great help if you could let me know. Thanks very much.
This quote was spotted on Banksy’s website. http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm (scroll to the right)
I’d say it’s bullshit. Remember kids, Mao did everything first…
its true, but you totally missed the point infrd, banksy mentioned this because maybe if the Chinese had listened to Mao when he was young and tried to reform the country, maybe then things wouldn’t have been as bad when the cultural revolution happened. so it isn’t why you should stay away from graffiti writers. its why they should be heard.