People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
BANKSYSome people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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 love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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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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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.
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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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