Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
BANKSYI’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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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 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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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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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 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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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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