Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
BANKSYStencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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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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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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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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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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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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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