Top 22 Banksy Quotes



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.

 

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

 

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

 

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

 

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

 

You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky.

 

You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid.You explore every avenue and possibility of your situationat high speed with total clarity.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

My main problem with cops is that they do what they’re told. They say ‘Sorry mate, I’m just doing my job’ all the fucking time.

 

Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.

 

I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

 

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

 

People who enjoy waving flags don’t deserve to have one

 

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.

 

All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.

 

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.

 

Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It’s way more important than that.

 

Graffiti’s always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off.

 

 

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