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.
BANKSYI used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
More Banksy Quotes
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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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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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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 seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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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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