All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
BANKSYWhen he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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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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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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 like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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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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