People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
BANKSYA lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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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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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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 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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