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.
BANKSYIf 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.
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 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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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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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.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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