Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
BANKSYIs graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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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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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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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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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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