Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
BANKSYAll artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
More Banksy Quotes
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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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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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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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’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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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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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