Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
BANKSYFilm 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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If you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead… it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something… that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don’t like to use the word ‘art’ at all.
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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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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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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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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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 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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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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.
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