I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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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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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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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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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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