It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
BANKSYPeople either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
More Banksy Quotes
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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