Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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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Graffiti 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.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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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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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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You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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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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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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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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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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