Banksy Quotes

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People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care.

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Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.

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Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet.

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If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.

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The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.

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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.

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The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. 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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If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.

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

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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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Policemen and security guards wear hats with a peak that comes down low over their eyes. Apparently this is for psychological reasons. Eyebrows are very expressive and you appear a lot more authoritative if you keep them covered up. The advantage of this is that it makes a lot harder for cops to see anything more than six foot off the ground. Which is why painting rooftops and bridges is so easy.

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I'd been painting rats for three years before someone said 'that's clever it's an anagram of art' and I had to pretend I'd known that all along.

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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.

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

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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 who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.

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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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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn't matter how great you were, it'll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.

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