Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums, — Banksy Copy Share Image
I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don't do that so much anymore. — Banksy Copy Share Image
I started painting graffiti in the classic New York style of big letters and characters but I was never very good at… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as 'good at drawing' doesn't sound… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that — Banksy Copy Share Image
If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel. — Banksy Copy Share Image
I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to… — Banksy Copy Share Image
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw? — Banksy Copy Share Image
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with… — Banksy Copy Share Image
The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead… — Banksy Copy Share Image
The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff,… — Banksy Copy Share Image
The art world is the biggest joke going. It's a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it' s a tool; "I'll meet you in… — Banksy Copy Share Image
“Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fills concert halls and cinemas… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something… — Banksy Copy Share Image
the people who run our cities dont understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a… — Banksy Copy Share Image
“The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak.” — Banksy Copy Share Image
All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars — Banksy Copy Share Image
When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers, — Banksy Copy Share Image
As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like… — Banksy Copy Share Image
It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't… — Banksy Copy Share Image
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… — Banksy Copy Share Image
There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's… — Banksy Copy Share Image
People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly. — Banksy Copy Share Image
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… — Banksy Copy Share Image
A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with. — Banksy Copy Share
Some people criticize me for using sources that are a bit low brow (this quote is from 'Gladiator') but you know what? 'I'm just… — Banksy Copy Share
There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place. — Banksy Copy Share
Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it' s a tool; "I'll meet you in that pub,… — Banksy Copy Share
Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off. — Banksy Copy Share
I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it! — Banksy Copy Share
Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of… — Banksy Copy Share
We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves, — Banksy Copy Share
If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then… — Banksy Copy Share
