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.
BANKSYIt’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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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 either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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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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Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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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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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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