A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
BANKSYI mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
More Banksy Quotes
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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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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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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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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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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