All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
BANKSYLive as a villain, die as a hero
More Banksy Quotes
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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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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People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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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.
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The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. 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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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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