It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
BANKSYBecome good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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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.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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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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You 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.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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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 originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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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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