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.
BANKSYI don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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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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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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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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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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Keep your coins, I want change.
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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 just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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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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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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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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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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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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