Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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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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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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 have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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