Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
BANKSYI love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
More Banksy Quotes
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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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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 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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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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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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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Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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