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.
BANKSYI 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.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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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’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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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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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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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