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
art scrub
Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off.
art form guy legitimate money perfectly protest
I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
art course judged
Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that.
art people holy-grail
The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
art thinking age
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.
art alive painting
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.
art guy want
I wouldnt want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
art book mean
I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There's no gallery show or book or film. It's pointless. Which hopefully means something.
art hate creativity
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 art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
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.
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.