Banksy Quotes: top 84 famous quotes about Banksy

Banksy Quotes & Sayings

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I give away thousands of paintings for free. — Banksy

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

In BANKSY we trust. — Colin Tegerdine

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

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

Live as a villain, die as a hero — Banksy

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

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

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

The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line — Banksy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes. — Banksy

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

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

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

Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot — Banksy

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

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

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

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

Banksy is a poet, but so was hitler. — Atticus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal, — Banksy

Fight the fighters, not their wars. — Banksy

Be positive, patient and persistent. — Banksy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keep your coins, I want change. — Banksy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. — Banksy

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

I'd much rather go to a Banksy art show than a Moby art show. My art is painfully naive. — Moby

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

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

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

The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet. — Banksy

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

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

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

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

I think Banksy is a very cool artist, and I respect his social messages. — Kim Rossmo

Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them. — Banksy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Banksy