Howard Jacobson

Of my old tendency to overdo the dedication and deface the title page with florid compliments and obscure quotes which the recipient cannot read, I will say only that I learnt my lesson when I had to shell out with my own money for a hardback I'd vandalised and now limit myself to 'Good wishes.

British Novelist

Dmitri Alperovitch

It's been really hard to watch the news of this Anonymous and LulzSec stuff because most of what they do - defacing Web sites and running denial-of-service attacks - is not serious. It's really just nuisance.

Russian Businessman

Michael Moore

You need to have a relationship with what you put inside you. I don't want to get all spiritual about this, but I believe our bodies are a gift, and to deface it is disrespectful.

American Activist

Sitting Bull

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

Statesman

Francis Bacon

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

English Philosopher

Luis Gutierrez

If I saw someone in need and I did nothing, I'd be defacing my own humanity.

American Politician

William Wordsworth

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

English Poet

Mike Judge

She defaced my fly. And I've never been the same since.

American Producer

Deface conveys a strong negative action often involving public or private property.

Negative Action

The act of defacing can sometimes cause permanent damage, affecting the item's value or function.

Irreversible Damage

Defacing documents is considered a serious offense, often relating to legal or official records.

Official Documents

Defacing in a legal context often implies an intent to change or hide information.

Intent to Conceal

Defacing symbols can offend, invoking strong emotional reactions due to cultural significance.

Cultural Sensitivity

Defacing national symbols may be a political statement, but it's often illegal.

Political Implications

 There’s a slim margin of time when Hedge can access the paintings. If he were to deface each one with an X, the people would blame the helper-bots, creating just the distraction the team needs. If only it were so easy.

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 Should these monuments be left as they are, destroyed or put in museums and what should happen to the protestors who deface these monuments? Should they be praised for helping debunk myths of white supremacy?