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.
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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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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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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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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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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I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.
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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.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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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