I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
BANKSYIf 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.
More Banksy Quotes
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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Keep your coins, I want change.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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People 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.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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