T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
BANKSYThe Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. 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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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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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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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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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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