Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
BANKSYI mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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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.
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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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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.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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