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.
BANKSYI originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. 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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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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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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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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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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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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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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