Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
BANKSYPeople either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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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 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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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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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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