Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
BANKSYThe one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
More Banksy Quotes
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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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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Keep your coins, I want change.
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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