Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
BANKSYIf 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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People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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Keep your coins, I want change.
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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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I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of 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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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 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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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