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.
BANKSYToday’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
More Banksy Quotes
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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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Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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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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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
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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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Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
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I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don’t like it, you can paint over it!
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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