52 Quotes by Ben Eine

When I started working at Pictures On Walls, I'd been hanging out with Banksy for a few years travelling around the world together painting stuff, and then we moved into a new office and wanted to do screenprinting.

Old typography or letter woodblocks that are hand-carved, cracked, and worn are especially beautiful. I love that aged, handmade effect, and that's why I don't muck around much with Photoshop.

I don't want to sell to street art collectors, I want to sell to art collectors.

I did long-term re-insurance claims. Asbestos, health hazards, pollution. It was very boring. But I've got quite a mathematical brain and it paid well.

Banksy's a very selfish, driven, paranoid artist. For good reasons.

I'm a bit too old for anarchy. If I was younger I might be more political but I'm married with kids and I've got a mortgage.

I got a message from Downing Street that my picture's hanging in the White House. Which is weird.

My work isn't overtly political, although it is sometimes painted in places where I don't have permission to paint, so that could be construed as a political statement.

My friends were stealing cars and shoplifting. I was never into that but I was cheeky. I enjoyed making people laugh.