The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
BANKSYArt should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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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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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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