It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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 represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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I don’t know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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 love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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.
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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