If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
BANKSYAnyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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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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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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It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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