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Live as a villain, die as a hero
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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Artist
Artivist
Film Director
Graffiti Artist
Painter
Political Activist
Sculptor
Street Artist
Writer
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Banks
Robin Banks
Robin Gunningham
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Dies
More quotes by Banksy
Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
Banksy
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.
Banksy
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
Banksy
You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.
Banksy
The art world is the biggest joke going. It's a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace - never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
Banksy
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.
Banksy
There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
Banksy
Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it' s a tool I'll meet you in that pub, you know, the one opposite that wall with a picture of a monkey holding a chainsaw. I mean, how much more useful can a painting be than that?
Banksy
I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.
Banksy
It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
Banksy
It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
Banksy
You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.
Banksy
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
Banksy
You're advised not to drink the replica Arab spring water.
Banksy
Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
Banksy
There are four basic human needs food, sleep, sex and revenge.
Banksy
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.
Banksy
I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
Banksy
If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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
