Banksy Quotes

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• I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
• Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.
• Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to…
• There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
• We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.
• Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
• You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.
• Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
• Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the…
• Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas every day, we…
• T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
• I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.
• I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.
• We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves,
• The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art.…
• I have no interest in ever coming out. I’m just trying to make the pictures look good; I’m not into trying to make myself look…
• 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 going…
• You're advised not to drink the replica Arab spring water.
• Today's art has been cancelled due to police activity.
• In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.

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