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.
BANKSYI have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
More Banksy Quotes
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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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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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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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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