Banksy Quotes

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

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There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.

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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.

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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.

1986

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

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

1699

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

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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.

1965

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

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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly.

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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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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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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak.

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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.

1024

Think from outside the box, collapse the box and take a fucking knife to it.

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