In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes. Banksy More Quotes by Banksy More Quotes From Banksy I think its pretty clear that film is the pre-eminent art form of our age. If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel. Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it. Banksy ageartthinking Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it. Banksy movieinspiringworld Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint. Banksy hipstergraffitispeak On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilizations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant, and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model. Banksy role-modelscivilizationdirty If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you've made your own sculpture. Banksy citiespastschool Some people criticize me for using sources that are a bit low brow (this quote is from 'Gladiator') but you know what? 'I'm just going to use that hostility to make me stronger, not weaker' as Kelly Rowland said on the X Factor. Banksy strongerusepeople When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss. Banksy walks I figure there are enough self-opinionated assholes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is. You ask a lot of kids today what they want to be when they grow up, and they say, 'I want to be famous.' You ask them, 'For what reason?' and they don't know or care. I think Andy Warhol got it wrong - in the future, so many people are going to become famous that one day everybody will end up being anonymous for 15 minutes. Banksy growing-upkidsthinking Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of gravity at the same time is ideal. Banksy paintinglandlaw 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 oilrealpeople It's impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won't. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I'd picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn't like the attention. Banksy carnew-orleanstwo The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line Banksy slaverylinesdifferences We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling. Banksy recyclingheroneeds 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 i-canmuseumsart Stencils are good for two reasons; one - they're quick; two - they annoy idiots. Banksy idiotannoyingtwo People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one. Banksy dressespeoplethinking The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it'll be paraded round Sotheby's by people wearing white gloves. Banksy whitepeoplelooks Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice. Banksy black-and-whitepurityjustice If you don't own a train company then you go and paint on one instead... it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something... that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it. Banksy citiesnamesschool Fight the fighters, not their wars. Banksy fighterfightingwar
