Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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.
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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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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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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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.
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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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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