Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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 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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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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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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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 just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over 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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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