Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
BANKSYI love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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.
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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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 one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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