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.
BANKSYSpeak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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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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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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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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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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