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.
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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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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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If 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.
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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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Gaza 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.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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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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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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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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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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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