People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
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I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
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I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
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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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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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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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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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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons – they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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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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I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about 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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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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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace – never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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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.
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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
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The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it’ll be paraded round Sotheby’s by people wearing white gloves.
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