I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
More Banksy Quotes
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I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
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I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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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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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 love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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