Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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More Banksy Quotes
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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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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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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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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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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