Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
BANKSYIf it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
More Banksy Quotes
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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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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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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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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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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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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