If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
BANKSYWe can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
More Banksy Quotes
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The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. 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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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