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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.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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Robert Banks
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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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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It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
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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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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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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.
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You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.
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The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
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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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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
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The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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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.
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If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
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If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you've made your own sculpture.
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You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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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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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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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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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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