Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
BANKSYI don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
More Banksy Quotes
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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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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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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