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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.”

Banksy

taken from Adbusters magazine
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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 everyday, 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.”

Banksy

Wall and Piece (2007)

“Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education to understand it and there's no admission fee.”

Banksy

(Tristan Manco. Stencil Graffiti)
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“T. V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.”

Banksy

Wall and Piece (2005)

“A lot of people think that scuttling around stenciling images onto buildings in the middle of the night is the action of a sad, frustrated individual who can't get attention or recognition any other way. They might be right, but I've done gallery shows and, if you've been hitting on people with all sorts of images in all sorts of places, they're a real step backwards, painting the streets means becoming an actual part of the city. It's not a spectator sport.”

Banksy

Tristan Manco, Stencil Graffiti
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“Conversations don't get any better as you get older.”

Banksy

Wall and Piece (2005)

“I used to tell everyone I meant to be an artist….. I don't do that any more.”

Banksy

Wall and Piece (2005)

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

Banksy

Wall and Piece (2005)

“I pretty much use sketchbooks to note down great ideas of somebody else I've just had. A good sketchbook means you don't actually need to bother with having a memory yourself. You can get away with a fair bit of substance abuse if you always carry a notepad and a sharp pencil around with you.”

Banksy

from "Street Sketchbook" by Tristan Manco
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“When the paintings suddenly started going for, like, really big money it definitely weirded me out, and I kind of went away to the middle of nowhere and I stopped making any more paintings. But the whole time the auction houses were just selling paintings that I’d done years before and sold for not much money. Or paintings that I traded for a haircut or, you know, an ounce of weed and they were going for like 50 grand.”

Banksy

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“Nearly a hundred pictures are featured here. Each and every one of them a pathetic cry for help.”

Banksy

The Guardian
Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall (2001)

“They say big brother is watching you. But maybe big brother is watching dutch girly videos on the next screen along.”

Banksy

Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall (2001)

“This is not a photo opportunity.”

Banksy

Existencilism (2002)

“On Tuesday I went around San Francisco dressed in overalls designating large parts of it as legal graffiti areas.”

Banksy

Existencilism (2002)

“Recipe idea: take on fire extinguisher and pour out all the contents. Mix down a nice bright emulsion paint to the consistency of full fat milk, stirring constantly to remove any lumps. Pour into the extinguisher, screw on cap tightly and write on things up to 50 feet high. Re-use by swapping over the CO2 charged canister (costs about one pound). The perfect accompaniment to a night out drinking heavily with friends.”

Banksy

Cut It Out (2004)

“Mindless vandalism can take a bit of thought.”

Banksy

Cut It Out (2004)

“The anger management is not working.”

Banksy

Cut It Out (2004)

“If you only ever read one book in your life I highly recommend… keeping your f***ing mouth shut.”

Banksy

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Cut It Out (2004)

“Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at a graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access.”

Banksy

Wall and Piece (2007)