The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. 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.
BANKSYGraffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
More Banksy Quotes
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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.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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 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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