Fight the fighters, not their wars.
BANKSY
I 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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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.
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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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 love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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