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.
BANKSYGraffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
More Banksy Quotes
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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 wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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