Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
BANKSYPeople 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.
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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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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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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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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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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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