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.
BANKSYI 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.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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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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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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