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.
BANKSYI love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
More Banksy Quotes
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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 tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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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.
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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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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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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