Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
BANKSYGaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
More Banksy Quotes
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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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