When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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 Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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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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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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I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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