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.
BANKSYPeople seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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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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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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