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.
BANKSYSometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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