I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
BANKSYToday’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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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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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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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 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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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 used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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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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