I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
BANKSYNothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
More Banksy Quotes
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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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