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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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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People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care.
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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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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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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 read novels by the millions, and buy records by the billions. 'We the people' affect the making and quality of most of our culture, but not our art.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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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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