Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
BANKSYIf 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.
More Banksy Quotes
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Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
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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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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 know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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There’s nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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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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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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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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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