Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
BANKSYSome people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
More Banksy Quotes
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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 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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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