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Banksy quotes: I give away thousands of paintings for free.

I give away thousands of paintings for free.

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

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

Banksy quotes: I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist ... I don't do that any more.

I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist ... I don't do that any more.

Banksy quotes: As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments.

As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments.

Banksy quotes: Live as a villain, die as a hero

Live as a villain, die as a hero

Banksy quotes: It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.

It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.

Banksy quotes: If it doesn't matter, get rid of it. If you can't get rid of it, it matters.

If it doesn't matter, get rid of it.
If you can't get rid of it, it matters.

Banksy quotes: I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens

I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens

Banksy quotes: The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line

The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line

Banksy quotes: I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.

I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.

Banksy quotes: A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.

A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.

Banksy quotes: I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as being 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me.

I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as being 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me.

Banksy quotes: In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.

In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.

Banksy quotes: It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

Banksy quotes: Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

Banksy quotes: Not everyone will understand your journey. That's okay. You're here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.

Not everyone will understand your journey. That's okay. You're here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.

Banksy quotes: One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.

One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.

Banksy quotes: I started painting graffiti in the classic New York style of big letters and characters but I was never very good at it.

I started painting graffiti in the classic New York style of big letters and characters but I was never very good at it.

Banksy quotes: Today's art has been cancelled due to police activity.

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

Banksy quotes: All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few preparedto learn to draw?

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

Banksy quotes: Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot

Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot

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

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

Banksy quotes: Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.

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

Banksy quotes: There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover - Metropolitan Police Spokesperson

There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover - Metropolitan Police Spokesperson

Banksy quotes: There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.

There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.

Banksy quotes: Stencils are good for two reasons; one - they're quick; two - they annoy idiots

Stencils are good for two reasons; one - they're quick; two - they annoy idiots

Banksy quotes: I love the way capitalism finds a place - even for its enemies.

I love the way capitalism finds a place - even for its enemies.

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

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

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

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

Banksy quotes: Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.

Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.

Banksy quotes: I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it!

I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it!

Banksy quotes: I could sit in a pub and tell you all the things that are written in this book but you wouldn't fucking listen.

I could sit in a pub and tell you all the things that are written in this book but you wouldn't fucking listen.

Banksy quotes: I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.

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

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

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

Banksy quotes: The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal,

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal,

Banksy quotes: Fight the fighters, not their wars.

Fight the fighters, not their wars.

Banksy quotes: Be positive, patient and persistent.

Be positive, patient and persistent.

Banksy quotes: I sucked a lot of breasts to get where I am today.

I sucked a lot of breasts to get where I am today.

Banksy quotes: People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one

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

Banksy quotes: People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don't actually have to behave like one.

People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don't actually have to behave like one.

Banksy quotes: When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss.

When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss.

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

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

Banksy quotes: Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can't even finish my second apple pie.

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

Banksy quotes: Keep your coins, I want change.

Keep your coins, I want change.

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

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

Banksy quotes: You're advised not to drink the replica Arab spring water.

You're advised not to drink the replica Arab spring water.

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

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

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

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

Banksy quotes: I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.

I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.

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

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

Banksy quotes: You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky

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

Banksy quotes: I want to live in a world created by art, not just decorated with it

I want to live in a world created by art, not just decorated with it

Banksy quotes: When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.

When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.

Banksy quotes: Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Banksy quotes: If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

Banksy quotes: If you get tired learn to rest, not to quit.

If you get tired learn to rest, not to quit.

Banksy quotes: 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.

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.

Banksy quotes: Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was.

Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was.

Banksy quotes: Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

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

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

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

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

Banksy quotes: We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves,

We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves,

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

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.

Banksy quotes: The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.

The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.

Banksy quotes: Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers,

Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers,

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

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

Banksy quotes: It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.

It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.

Banksy quotes: I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.

I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.

Banksy quotes: If at first you don't succeed, Call an airstrike.

If at first you don't succeed, Call an airstrike.

Banksy quotes: Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.

Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.

Banksy quotes: I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.

I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.

Banksy quotes: If you want to say something and have people listen then you have towear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.

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.

Banksy quotes: You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.

You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.

If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they'd be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.

Banksy quotes: I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it,

I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it,

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

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

Banksy quotes: 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.

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.