The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires
BANKSYI 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.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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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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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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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 need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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