Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BANKSYWriting graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
More Banksy Quotes
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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