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.
BANKSYSpeak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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Keep your coins, I want change.
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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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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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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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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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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