Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
BANKSYI’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
More Banksy Quotes
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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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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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