Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
BANKSYArt should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
BANKSYWhen he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
BANKSYGaza 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.
BANKSYIf 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.
BANKSYPeople 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.
BANKSYI don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
BANKSYIt doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
BANKSYYou can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
BANKSYThe art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
BANKSYWhen he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
BANKSYI don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
BANKSYFilm is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
BANKSYSome people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
BANKSYThe holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
BANKSYIf 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.
BANKSYThe 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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