A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else. — Banksy Copy Share Image
It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department. — 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
Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to… — 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
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
If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be… — 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
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
My lawyer's opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more - because… — 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
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
The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us… — Banksy Copy Share Image
The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Traditional graffiti writers have a bunch of rules they like to stick to, and good luck to them, but I didn't become… — 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
Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with… — 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
Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it. — 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
I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough. — Banksy Copy Share Image
“They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says… — 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
T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by… — 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
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
I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can't even finish my second apple pie. — 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
Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in… — 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
