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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

Banksy

When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
BANKSY

Away Come Fuss Quietly Walk
I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
BANKSY

Art Encourage Much Used
Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
BANKSY

Art Police Today
I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
BANKSY

Names Profound Writing
I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
BANKSY

Capitalism Enemy Way
It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
BANKSY

Car New Orleans Two
Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
BANKSY

Feels Knows Nobody
The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
BANKSY

Art Artist Great Stealing
Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
BANKSY

Art House People
At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
BANKSY

Christmas Lying Years
It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
BANKSY

Feelings People Police
I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
BANKSY

Graffiti Trying World
If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
BANKSY

Dirty Model Role Sex
When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
BANKSY

Art Cabinets Tourists
I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.
BANKSY

Alive Art Painting
If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
BANKSY

Get Matter Rid

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