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.
BANKSYA recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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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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I 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.
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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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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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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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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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