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.
BANKSYSpeak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
More Banksy Quotes
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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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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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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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 holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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