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.
BANKSYNothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
More Banksy Quotes
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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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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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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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