Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BANKSYI don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
More Banksy Quotes
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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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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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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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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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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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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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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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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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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Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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