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.
BANKSYWhen you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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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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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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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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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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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.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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