Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
BANKSYWhen he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.
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Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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Film 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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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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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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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 are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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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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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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