Banksy
Banksy
Banksy is an England-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director of unverified identity. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Observers have noted that his style is similar to Blek le Rat,...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionArtist
independent people use
A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
inspirational winning race
You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.
skills climbing drunk
If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn't matter how great you were, it'll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
sleep night people
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.
matter ifs
If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
artist suffering draws
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
art creativity mind
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.
believe punishment should
Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
running thinking cities
the people who run our cities dont understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a profit... the people who truly deface our neighborhoods are the companies that scrawl giant slogans across buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy their stuff.... any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours, it belongs to you ,, its yours to take, rearrange and re use.Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head..
successful artist needs
It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
writing artist needs
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.
art cabinets trophies
When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
art taken home
The art world is the biggest joke going. It's a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace - never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
journey live-your-life okay
Not everyone will understand your journey. That's okay. You're here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.