Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
BANKSYSome people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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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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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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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.
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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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