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.
BANKSYThe 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.
BANKSYI 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.
BANKSYLive as a villain, die as a hero
BANKSYIf 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.
BANKSYI used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
BANKSYGraffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
BANKSYAnyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
BANKSYIf Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
BANKSYBrandalism 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.
BANKSYKeep your coins, I want change.
BANKSYThere are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
BANKSYStencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BANKSYThe bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
BANKSYArt should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
BANKSYI don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
BANKSYWe don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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