Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
BANKSYSometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
BANKSYIf 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.
BANKSYT.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
BANKSYThe grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
BANKSYLive as a villain, die as a hero
BANKSYI’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.
BANKSYIf you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
BANKSYI 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.
BANKSYThe bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
BANKSYGraffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
BANKSYI don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
BANKSYStencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BANKSYSome people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
BANKSYIf 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.
BANKSYYou’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.
BANKSYI 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.
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