Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
BANKSYI don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
More Banksy Quotes
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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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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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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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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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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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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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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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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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