“Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
“Wherever you are, at any moment, try and find something beautiful. A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm. Beauty cleans the mind.”
— Matt Haig, book Reasons to Stay Alive
Source: Reasons to Stay Alive
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