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Banksy Quotes about Art - Page 2

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People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.

People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.

Banksy
Art, Morning, War
Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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.

Banksy
Art, Thinking, Age
"Banksy (Yes, Banksy) on Thierry, EXIT Skepticism & Documentary Filmmaking as Punk". Interview with AJ Schnack, edendale.typepad.com. December 21, 2010.

I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.

Banksy
Art, House, Guilty
Source: www.timeout.com

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.

Banksy
Art, People, House
Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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.

Banksy
Art, Book, Mean

Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it' s a tool; "I'll meet you in that pub, you know, the one opposite that wall with a picture of a monkey holding a chainsaw". I mean, how much more useful can a painting be than that?

Banksy
Art, Wall, Mean

I'd been painting rats for three years before someone said 'that's clever it's an anagram of art' and I had to pretend I'd known that all along.

Banksy
Art, Clever, Years
Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments.

Banksy
Art, Museums, I Can

I wouldnt want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.

Banksy
Art, Guy, Want

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.

Banksy
Art, Other Cultures, People
Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.

Banksy
Art, Confusing, Idiot

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