Banksy Quotes - Page 3

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• We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.

  Banksy

  Hero, Needs, Recycling

  "Banksy: Wall and Piece". Book by Banksy, 2005.

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• All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?

  Banksy

  Artist, Suffering, Draws

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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.

  Banksy

  Business, Asking, World

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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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

  Banksy

  Art, Important, Graffiti

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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.

  Banksy

  Art, Hate, Creativity

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• T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.

  Banksy

  Photography, Progress, Theatre

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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• Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot

  Banksy

  Believe, Punishment, Should

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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• 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.

  Banksy

  Art, Graffiti, Littles

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• I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.

  Banksy

  Art, Order, Needs

  "Wall and Piece". Book by Banksy, 2005.

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• Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.

  Banksy

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• Today's art has been cancelled due to police activity.

  Banksy

  Art, Police, Today

  "Banksy street stall prints, sold for $60, set to make small fortune at Bonham's" by Maev Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2014.

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• At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.

  Banksy

  Christmas, Lying, Years

  "Banksy wades into Catholic church sex abuse scandal with new sculpture" by David Batty, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2011.

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• People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it's more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.

  Banksy

  Country, Military, Army

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• The human race is the most stupid and unfair kind of race. A lot of the runners don't even get decent sneakers or clean drinking water. Some runners are born with a massive head start, every possible help along the way and still the referees seem to be on their side. It's not surprising a lot of people have given up compeating altogether and gone to sit in the grandstand, eat junk and shout abuse. What the human race needs is a lot more streakers.

  Banksy

  Stupid, Drinking, Sneakers

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• People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.

  Banksy

  Thinking, People, Dresses

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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• A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.

  Banksy

  Males, Found, Surveys

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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.

  Banksy

  Rocks, Space, Giving

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• The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.

  Banksy

  Art, People, Holy Grail

  "Something to Spray". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2003.

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• I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don't do that so much anymore.

  Banksy

  Art, Used

  "Exit Through the Gift Shop", www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.

  Banksy

  Black And White, Justice, Purity

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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.

  Banksy

  Art, Wall, Lying

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• I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me.

  Banksy

  Sleep, Night, People

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• Gaza is often described as 'the world's largest open air prison' because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons - they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.

  Banksy

  Drinking, Cutting, Air

  "Banksy in Gaza: Street artist goes undercover in the Strip" by Raziye Akkoc, www.telegraph.co.uk. February 26, 2015.

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• Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.

  Banksy

  Smile, Art, Graffiti

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• The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line

  Banksy

  Differences, Slavery, Lines

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