A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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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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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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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I 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.
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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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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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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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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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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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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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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