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.
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 don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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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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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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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 love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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