If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
BANKSYI 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.
More Banksy Quotes
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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 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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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 used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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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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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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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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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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