All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
BANKSYI don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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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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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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Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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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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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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