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.
BANKSYI love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
More Banksy Quotes
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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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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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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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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