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You're advised not to drink the replica Arab spring water.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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Artist
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Film Director
Graffiti Artist
Painter
Political Activist
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Street Artist
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Banks
Robin Banks
Robin Gunningham
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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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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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Keep your coins, I want change.
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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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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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Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that
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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.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.
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If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
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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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Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the word 'art' at all.
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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.
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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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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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Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.
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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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You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.
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