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You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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Robert Banks
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care.
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I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.
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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.
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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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There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
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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.
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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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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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If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There's no gallery show or book or film. It's pointless. Which hopefully means something.
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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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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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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
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