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Graffiti Quotes by Banksy
- 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…
- 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…
- T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.
- Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something or changing stuff…
- Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was
- All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars
- Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
- 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 in that way.…
- Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that
- Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers,
- Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education…
- Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
- Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world…
- 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 I'd known that…
- Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.
- A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
- If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you…
- It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
- The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the…
- People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly.
- Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look…
- the people who run our cities dont understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a profit... the people…
- The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders…
- Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
- I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in -…
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- Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like… — Banksy
- T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by… — Banksy
- Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something… — Banksy
- Graffiti is linear and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls. But in my paintings it's more lyrical. — Cy Twombly
- When absolutes are abandoned for principles, the U.S. Constitution becomes a blank slate for anyone’s graffiti. — Wayne LaPierre
- Aristotelian logic is massive and marmoreal, but every monument accumulates graffiti. — David Berlinski
- Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was — Banksy
- The way I make art, the way a lot of people make art, is as an extension of language and communication, where… — Shepard Fairey
- I've never really considered myself just a street artist. I consider myself a populist. — Shepard Fairey