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 people holy-grail
The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
independent people use
A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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.
people looks internet
I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens
good-luck artist people
Traditional graffiti writers have a bunch of rules they like to stick to, and good luck to them, but I didn't become a graffiti artist so I could have somebody else tell me what to do. If you're the type who gets sentimental about people scribbling over your stuff, I suggest graffiti is probably not the right hobby for you.
couple thinking people
All I know about what people think of my gear is what a couple of my friends tell me, and one of them always wants to borrow money, so I'm not sure how reliable he is.
white people looks
The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it'll be paraded round Sotheby's by people wearing white gloves.
people flags enjoy
People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one
thinking people dresses
People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
art other-cultures people
Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas every day, we read novels by the millions, and buy records by the billions. 'We the people' affect the making and quality of most of our culture, but not our art
people authority possessing
Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
real oil people
Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at a graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access.
people invisibility details
I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
people mind three
Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers,