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.
BANKSYPeople seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
More Banksy Quotes
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
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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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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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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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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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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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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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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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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