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.
BANKSYWhen he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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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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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
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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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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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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 seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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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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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that’s only if it’s done properly.
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