Quotes from Banksy

I started painting graffiti in the classic New York style of big letters and characters but I was never very good at it.

It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.

All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.

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.

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

A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.

I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in - like peace and justice and freedom.

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.

A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.

At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.

Not everyone will understand your journey. That's okay. You're here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.

It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.

Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.

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.

Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off.

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.

I give away thousands of paintings for free.

When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss.

Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of gravity at the same time is ideal.

You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell you something.

Some people want to make the world a better place. I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it!

We dont need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.

People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one.

The craft is finding a decent drainpipe to get access to the site as much as it is in the art...Van Gogh used short, stumpy brush strokes to convey his insanity - I use short, thin ledges above mainline train tracks.