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.
BanksyShould #โ graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that
BanksyI have no interest in ever coming out. Iโm just trying to make the pictures look good; Iโm not into trying to make myself look good. And besides, itโs a pretty safe bet that the reality of me would be a crushing disappointment to a couple of 15-year-old kids out there.
BanksyIf you don't own a train company then you go and paint on one instead... it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something... that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
Banksy