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.
BANKSYBus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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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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