Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
BANKSYGraffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
BANKSYStencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BANKSYI 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.
BANKSYAlthough you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
BANKSYGraffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
BANKSYI don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
BANKSYThe holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
BANKSYI 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.
BANKSYGraffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
BANKSYNothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
BANKSYAll graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
BANKSYWhen he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
BANKSYModern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
BANKSYSpeak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
BANKSYThe bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
BANKSYI love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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