People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
BANKSYI love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
More Banksy Quotes
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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 love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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