I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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 just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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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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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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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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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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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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 need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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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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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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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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