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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.

Banksy

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.
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Art Graffiti Littles
Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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Art Cheating Deep Thought
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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Air Cutting Drinking
You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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Castles Needs Sky
If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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Art Lying People
Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Annoying Idiot Two
Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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Inspirational Inspiring Life
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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Christmas Lying Years
I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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Graffiti Trying World
Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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Believe Punishment Should
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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Graffiti Pay Think Thinking
I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Capitalism Enemy Way
Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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Black Justice Purity White
Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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Artist Graffiti Writing
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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Art Dissent Guilty House Plead
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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Art House People

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