196 Quotes by Banksy

"The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires"

"All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars"

"You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs."

"I give away thousands of paintings for free."

"People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care."

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

"I started painting graffiti in the classic New York style of big letters and characters but I was never very good at it."

"You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something."

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

"It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum."