If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
BANKSYThere’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
More Banksy Quotes
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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You’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.
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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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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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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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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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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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