The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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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.
More Banksy Quotes
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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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 recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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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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I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about 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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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