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
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 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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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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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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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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