Banksy on graffiti
Banksy115 quotes“Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.”
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BanksyBanksy Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BanksyBanksy Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
BanksyBanksy Is 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.
BanksyBanksy Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
BanksyBanksy 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.
BanksyBanksy A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
BanksyBanksy Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
BanksyBanksy One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
BanksyBanksy The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
BanksyBanksy I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
BanksyBanksy 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.
BanksyBanksy The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
BanksyBanksy 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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Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
Barry McGeeBarry McGee People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
BanksyBanksy Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
BanksyBanksy 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.
BanksyBanksy Is 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.
BanksyBanksy Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
BanksyBanksy Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
BanksyBanksy Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.
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