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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.

Banksy

Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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Art Cheating Deep Thought
Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Graffiti Hipster Speak
Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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Graffiti Knows Piece Wall
Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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Believe Punishment Should
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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Looks People White
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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Details Invisibility People
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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Dirty Model Role Sex
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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Art Cabinets Tourists
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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Photography Progress Theatre
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.
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Army Country Military
At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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Christmas Lying Years
I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Capitalism Enemy Way
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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Graffiti Pay Think Thinking
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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Asking Business World
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Art Graffiti Street Tools
A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Independent People Use

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