Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
BANKSYSome people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. 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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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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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