T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
BANKSYIf Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
More Banksy Quotes
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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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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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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