Banksy Quotes 'Gladiator' In His Latest Mural

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Over the weekend, street artist Banksy pulled an outrageous stunt in Central Park, selling valuable art on the cheap to unsuspecting tourists.

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For today's installment in his month-long series on the streets of New York, he headed to Queens, where he painted a quote from the movie "Gladiator":

"What we do in life echoes in eternity"

The elusive artist wrote on his website: "Some people criticize me for using sources that are a bit low brow (this quote is from 'Gladiator') but you know what? "I'm just going to use that hostility to make me stronger, not weaker" as Kelly Rowland said on the X Factor."

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London-based Banksy is unveiling a new art installation in New York City every day during the month of October for a project called "Better Out Than In." You can see previous works in the series here.