If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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