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.
BANKSYBus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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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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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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