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.
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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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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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Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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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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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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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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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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