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.
BANKSYBrandalism 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.
More Banksy Quotes
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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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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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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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