Fight the fighters, not their wars.
BANKSYI don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
More Banksy Quotes
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Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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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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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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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 used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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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 don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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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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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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