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.
BANKSYAll artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
More Banksy Quotes
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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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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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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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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