If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
BANKSYPeople say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
More Banksy Quotes
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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’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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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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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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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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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 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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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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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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We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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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