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.
BANKSYSome people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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 it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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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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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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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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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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