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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.
Banksy
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Banksy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 28
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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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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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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
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Fight the fighters, not their wars.
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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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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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If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
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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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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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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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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
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You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky
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You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.
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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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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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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.
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We don’t need any more heroes we just need someone to take out the recycling.
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We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.
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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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