Quotes by Banksy

“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.”

“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...”

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

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

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

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

“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. ...”

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

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

“You ask a lot of little 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 wr...”

“You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid.You explore every avenue and possibility of your situationat high speed with total clarity.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“This revolution is for display purposes only.”

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

“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.”

“Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.”