The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
BANKSYLive as a villain, die as a hero
More Banksy Quotes
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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.
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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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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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