All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
BANKSYAlthough you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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 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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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