People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don't actually have to behave like one. — 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
People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly. — 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
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
Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers, — Banksy Copy Share Image
I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility… — 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
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
I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night.… — 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
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
People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when… — 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?… — 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
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
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
If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of… — 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
All I know about what people think of my gear is what a couple of my friends tell me, and one of… — 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
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
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
I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet people only look… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I figure there are enough self-opinionated assholes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is. You… — Banksy Copy Share Image
The human race is the most stupid and unfair kind of race. A lot of the runners don't even get decent sneakers… — 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
