Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
BANKSYGaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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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 love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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