Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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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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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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I’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.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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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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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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