There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
BANKSYPeople are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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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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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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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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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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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Keep your coins, I want change.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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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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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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