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.
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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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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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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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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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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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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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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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.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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