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.
BANKSYShould # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
More Banksy Quotes
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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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The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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.
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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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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