People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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.
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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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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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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