Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
BANKSYSome people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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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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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. 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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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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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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