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Banksy Inspirational Quotes (64)

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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 to use the word 'art' at all.
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My lawyer's opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more - because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That's his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.
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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 a better looking place.
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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
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It's impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won't. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I'd picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn't like the attention.
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It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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This is a big surprise I don't agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I'm prepared to make an exception for the ones I'm nominated for. The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was me.
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You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you've made your own sculpture.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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