If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
BANKSYThe bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
More Banksy Quotes
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The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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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.
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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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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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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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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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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