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.
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.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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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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I 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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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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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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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