Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
BANKSYNothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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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.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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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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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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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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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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