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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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Gloucestershire
Robert Banks
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The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a by-product of making something that means something. You don't go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a sh*t.
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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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There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.
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If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
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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 it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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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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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
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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.
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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me.
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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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I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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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.
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