The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
BANKSYI don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
More Banksy Quotes
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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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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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Gaza 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 wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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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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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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