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Banksy is a British anonymous street artist known for his distinctive graffiti and installation art. His work often features satirical and confrontational elements, commenting on social phenomena. Banksy's art has gained worldwide attention, and his artistic style combines street art with traditional painting techniques.

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Famous Banksy Quotes

“Traditional graffiti writers have a bunch of rules they like to stick to, and good luck to them, but I didn't become a graffiti artist so I could have somebody else tell me what to do. If you're the type who gets sentimental about people scribbling over your stuff, I suggest graffiti is probably not the right hobby for you.”

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

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Source: Banksy: wall and piece

“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.”

“Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.”

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Book:Banksy: wall and piece

Source: Banksy: wall and piece

“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.”

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Source: Banksy: wall and piece

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

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

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Source: Banksy: wall and piece

“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.”

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Book:Banksy Locations & Tours Volume 2: A Collection of Graffiti Locations and Photographs from Around the U.K.

Source: Banksy Locations & Tours Volume 2: A Collection of Graffiti Locations and Photographs from Around the U.K.

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

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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.”

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

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“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.”

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Book:Banksy: wall and piece

Source: Banksy: wall and piece

“Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet.”

“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.”

“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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“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.”

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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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Book:Banksy: wall and piece

Source: Banksy: wall and piece

“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.”

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“But there's no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We're not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it's hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.”

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About the Author

Born: 1974
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 131

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