People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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 holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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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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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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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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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 don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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