I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
BANKSYStencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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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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 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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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