Banksy quotes - page 5

When graffiti first started it was about getting noticed. But with inflation 'getting noticed' is worth almost nothing these days. Now you have to be a genuine nuisance if you want to get along. (Banksy)
I think I was trying to make a statement about the endless recycling of an icon by endlessly recycling an icon. View quote
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Oh my god, that's so cute the way you just draw on stuff and think about yourself all the time. View quote
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Last year there was a story on the news that went 'A man arrested in Central London today was found to be carrying over a hundred British passports, twenty birth certificates and more than three hundred driving licenses. Police say they have not yet been able to identify the man...' View quote
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Policemen and security guards wear hats with a peak that comes down low over their eyes. Apparently this is a psychological technique, because eyebrows are very expressive, they let you down if you're lying or trying to bully somebody. You have far more authority if you keep them covered up. The advantage of this is that if makes it difficult for your average cop to see anything more than six foot off the ground. Which is why painting rooftops and bridges is so easy. View quote
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They say there is a graffiti problem. The only problem with graffiti is that there isn't enough of it. View quote
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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. And every time someone says 'if it was down to me it would be ok, but I'm following orders' a little bit inside of you dies. If you say it as often as cops do, then there isn't much left. View quote
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There are no exceptions to the rule that everyone thinks they are an exception to the rules. View quote
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They say that if you gave monkeys a thousand typewriters at some point you'd have yourself a novel. I was wondering if you gave a thousand monkeys a thousand stick of dynamite how long would it take for them to make the city a more beautiful looking place. View quote
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Someone famous once said 'It takes two people to make a piece of art. One person to make the art and another person to stop them from destroying it.' Which is a more poetic than saying: 'It takes two people to make a piece of art. One person to make the art and another person to come round later from the council and sand-blast it off. View quote
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Some people think you should have better things to think about than trying to think about better things. But the instinct is still there. (Banksy)
Some people want to make the world a better place. I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it! View quote
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"You could stick all my shit in Tate Modern and have an opening with Tony Blair and Kate Moss on roller blades handing out vol-au-vents and it wouldn't be as exciting as it is when you go out and paint something big where you shouldn't do." - The Guardian, 2003 (taken from "Home Sweet Home - Banksy's Bristol" by Steve Wright) View quote
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