Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
BANKSYI wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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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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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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Keep your coins, I want change.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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