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.
BANKSYYou owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
More Banksy Quotes
-
-
A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
BANKSY -
It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
BANKSY -
Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
BANKSY -
Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
BANKSY -
You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
BANKSY -
Keep your coins, I want change.
BANKSY -
Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
BANKSY -
I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
BANKSY -
I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
BANKSY -
Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
BANKSY -
I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
BANKSY -
T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
BANKSY -
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.
BANKSY -
But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
BANKSY -
In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
BANKSY