"No, I aint running the system, Im bombing the system!"
Style Wars is a 1983 American documentary film on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent. The film was originally aired on the television network PBS and was subsequently shown in several film festivals to much acclaim, including the Vancouver Film
Style Wars is a 1983 American documentary film on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent. The film was originally aired on the television network PBS and was subsequently shown in several film festivals to much acclaim, including the Vancouver Film
View all quotes by Style Wars"When you first against a train, its like everything seems so big, like, wow! Its like youre in a yard of like metal giants; everything is so hard and so steel, like youre just there. Youre like a little dude like in the midst of these metals and like youre here to produce something, well, like youre here to try to produce something."
"People look at a person and like, What? You write on trains, and, You vandalism, and all that. Yeah, I vandalism alright, but still in general, I know what Im doing. I did somethin to make your eyes open up, so why is you talkin?"
"Thats some "never forgive" action!"
"When you hold a can of Rust-Oleum™ in your hand, it’s like holding 3 other sh-t brands in your hand. It lasts, it covers, and it’s not aerosol like Krylon™, [where] it just comes out in mist. [Rust-Oleum] comes out like paint."
"Im on what they call a six-month probation. l aint painting right now. To make a long story short, Im on what they call a six-month probation. l call it a "six-month vacation," never mind probation."
"Theyre saying that the kids run the system, that the system is out of control, that 15 or 16-year-old kids are running the system, and that graffiti is the symbol of that."