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I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
Activist Shareholder
Artist
Artivist
Film Director
Graffiti Artist
Painter
Political Activist
Sculptor
Street Artist
Writer
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Banks
Robin Banks
Robin Gunningham
Violence
Anything
Believe
More quotes by Banksy
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.
Banksy
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.
Banksy
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.
Banksy
Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.
Banksy
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
Banksy
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
Banksy
Live as a villain, die as a hero
Banksy
Keep your coins, I want change.
Banksy
Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of gravity at the same time is ideal.
Banksy
Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
Banksy
Fight the fighters, not their wars.
Banksy
Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.
Banksy
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
Banksy
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
Banksy
There are four basic human needs food, sleep, sex and revenge.
Banksy
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.
Banksy
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.
Banksy
Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
Banksy
If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
Banksy
You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.
Banksy
