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.
BANKSYIt’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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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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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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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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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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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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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