We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
BANKSYThe bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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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.
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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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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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