Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
BANKSYStencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
More Banksy Quotes
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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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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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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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to 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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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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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