Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
BANKSYIf you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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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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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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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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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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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 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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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