Artist Quote by Ben Eine Download Open image “Banksy's a very selfish, driven, paranoid artist. For good reasons.” — Ben Eine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artist Driven Good Paranoid Selfish
What I really think about Banksy is I think he's a genius; he's a great artist, and I like his stuff. But he's got… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
I think Banksy is a very cool artist, and I respect his social messages. — Kim Rossmo Copy Share Image
“Here's a mystery for you. Renegade urban graffiti artist Banksy is clearly a guffhead of massive proportions, yet he's often feted as a genius… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Rumours of me being Banksy are greatly exaggerated. We are all Banksy. — Robert Del Naja Copy Share Image
Obviously my own work comes from a conceptual art tradition, but I love the graffiti artists, and I feel spiritually closer to them than… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
When I was young, I thought banks were there to protect the assets of people who had justified concerns, because of their experiences under… — Herve Falciani Copy Share Image
Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Banks aren't neutral observers, they're ... the people who caused the mess. It's like someone who's wet themselves in a public building insisting they… — Mark Steel Copy Share Image
Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody else. And that's what I love about random words and phrases taken out of context: everyone applies their own context. If you want to apply something political or meaningful to a word I wrote on the… — Ben Eine Copy Share
I don't want to sell to street art collectors, I want to sell to art collectors. — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
My work isn't overtly political, although it is sometimes painted in places where I don't have permission to paint, so that could be construed… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
I've a lot of respect for what people are doing here in Manchester, to promote the city's creativity and Aviva Investors Manchester Art Fair… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
It makes me really proud to be able to use my art to spread positive messages around the world. — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
For me, it's mostly about having stuff on the street. You're walking down the street, you do it every day, and suddenly there's something… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
Most people think I do street art, so I do everything for nothing. I'm an urchin who paints walls and does work for nothing.… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
All too often, when people think about art in the U.K., they think London. There's some really great work being produced outside of the… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
Street art, unlike graffiti, adds to the environment and is a positive experience for the artist and community. — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
You just have to be clever about who you work with. Had I done Gap or H&M, there's no way Louis Vuitton would have… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
David Cameron has given one of my paintings to President Obama. It's quite mad, really. But it's OK. It's not the kind of recognition… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
I love to paint and beautify the most unexpected of places - I've painted everything from doorways to trains but have always wanted to… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he picture us caught in a tremendous man-made or God-made trap from which there is no escape, but we must also listen to him day in, day out, describe how the trap is inexorably closing. To… — Margaret Mead Copy Share
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and… — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to… — Mary Cassatt Copy Share Image
The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point? — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
