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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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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