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.
BANKSYIn the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
More Banksy Quotes
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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 mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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