There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless 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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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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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 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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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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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 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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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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