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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.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Banks
Robin Banks
Robin Gunningham
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If you don't own a train company then you go and paint on one instead... it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something... that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
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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.
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On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilizations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant, and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
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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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We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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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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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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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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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
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There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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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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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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If at first you don't succeed, Call an airstrike.
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I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.
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Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It's yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
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