Quotes from Banksy

I sucked a lot of breasts to get where I am today.

There are no exceptions to the rule that everyone thinks they're an exception to the rules

The art world is the biggest joke going. It's a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak.

Remember – it's always easier to get forgiveness than permission

Be positive, patient and persistent.

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.

You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky.

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages. As a precaution to never committing major acts of evil it is our solemn duty never to do what we're told, this is the only way we can be sure.

Sometimes the right thing to do... is the wrong thing.

O ser humano tem quatro necessidades básicas: comida, dormir, sexo e vingança .

È sempre più facile ottenere il perdono che il permesso

Pensa fuori dagli schemi, smonta gli schemi e falli a pezzi

Graffiti is not the lowest form of art. Despite having to creep about at night and lie to your mum it's actually the most honest artform available.

Beyond watching eyes With sweet and tender kisses Our souls reached out to each other In breathless wonder And when I awoke From a vast and smiling peace I found you bathed in morning light Quietly studying All the messages on my phone (Love Poem)

They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilisations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

When you get tired, learn to rest, not quit.

There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover." Metropolitan Police spokesperson

They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time

I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

Your 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.

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

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

Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.