If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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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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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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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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I’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.
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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.
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