The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
BANKSYI don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
More Banksy Quotes
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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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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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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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 don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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