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.
BANKSYKeep your coins, I want change.
More Banksy Quotes
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. 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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Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
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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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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
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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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