The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires
BANKSYT.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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 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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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