Quotes from Banksy

I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.

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.

It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.

A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.

Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the word 'art' at all.

Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that

Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums.

When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.

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

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.

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.

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.

Today's art has been cancelled due to police activity.

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.

I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don't do that so much anymore.

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.

The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line