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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BanksyBanksy One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
BanksyBanksy The 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.
BanksyBanksy I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
BanksyBanksy 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.
BanksyBanksy The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
BanksyBanksy 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.
BanksyBanksy Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
BanksyBanksy There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
BanksyBanksy Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
BanksyBanksy I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
BanksyBanksy I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
BanksyBanksy Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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