The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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.
More Banksy Quotes
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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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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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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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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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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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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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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