Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
BANKSYIf 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.
More Banksy Quotes
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Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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 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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.
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