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Banksy

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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Art Graffiti Important
People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.
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Care Hate People
You can win the rat race but you’re still a rat.
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Inspirational Race Winning
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Art Need Order
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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Dirty Model Role Sex
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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Inspiring Movie World
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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Art Bus Stops Museums
I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
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Names Profound Writing
Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don’t need an education to understand it, and there’s no admission fee.
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Artist Graffiti Writing
I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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Death Life Time
But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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Artist Self Views
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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Art Book Mean
I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.
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Capitalism Enemy Way
Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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Annoying Idiot Two
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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Details Invisibility People
A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Independent People Use
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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Artist Draws Suffering
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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Graffiti Should Have Thinking
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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Christmas Lying Years
The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.
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Art Artist Great Stealing
I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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Art Clever Years
Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
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Art Police Today
We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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Hero Need Recycling
It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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Feelings People Police
T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
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Photography Progress Theatre
Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Authority People Piece Wall
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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Night People Sleep

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