I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
BANKSYIt doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
More Banksy Quotes
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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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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 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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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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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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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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