Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
BANKSYI used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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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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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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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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I 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.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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.
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