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
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
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
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
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
Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else. — Banksy Copy Share Image
I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more. — 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
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
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
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
The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums, — 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
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
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me. — 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
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
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
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
