It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
BANKSYI love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
More Banksy Quotes
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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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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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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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