Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
BANKSYWhen he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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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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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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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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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless 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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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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