If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
BANKSYSometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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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.
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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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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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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