196 Quotes by Banksy
"A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves."
"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."
"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."
"A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with."
"I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush - that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it."
"It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department."
"I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me."
"I wouldnt want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities."