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.
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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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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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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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