The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
BANKSYWe don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
More Banksy Quotes
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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.
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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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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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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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