Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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 need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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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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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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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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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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 just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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