Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
BANKSYYou can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
More Banksy Quotes
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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 you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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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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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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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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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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