It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
BANKSYI wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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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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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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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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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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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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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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 can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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