Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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.
More Banksy Quotes
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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 don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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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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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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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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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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