Banksy Quotes

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

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.

Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

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

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.

Live as a villain, die as a hero

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.

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.

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

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

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

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.

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

Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the word 'art' at all.

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.

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.

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

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 have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.

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

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

Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.

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

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

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.

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.

There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.

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.

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

Keep your coins, I want change.

I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me.

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.

You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.

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

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

I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in - like peace and justice and freedom.

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

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

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

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

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.