Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off. — 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 Image
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw? — Banksy Copy Share Image
The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. — Banksy Copy Share Image
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums, — 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
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 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
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
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
“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
“Your mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high… — 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
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
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
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
Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush - that’s when it starts. The public… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art… — 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
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
“Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a great and glorious nation. Favourite amongst his subjects was the court… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else. — 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 wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities. — 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
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
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
I wouldnt want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities. — Banksy Copy Share Image
I don't know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free… — 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
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
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
A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with. — Banksy Copy Share Image
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 Image
There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place. — 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 that pub,… — 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
I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it! — Banksy Copy Share Image
When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss. — 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 law of… — Banksy Copy Share Image
