At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
BANKSYPeople either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. 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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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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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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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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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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I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.
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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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