Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BANKSYPeople who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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It’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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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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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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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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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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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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