We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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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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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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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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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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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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