Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
BANKSYArt should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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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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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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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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