People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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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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Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was
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Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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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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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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You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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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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Keep your coins, I want change.
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The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.
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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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My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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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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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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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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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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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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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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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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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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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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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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If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
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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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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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