Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
BANKSYI originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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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.
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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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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.
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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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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