Banksy

Anonymous street artist

Contemporary influential 92 sayings

Sayings by Banksy

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Unknown — Often attributed to Alan Watts, but Banksy has used similar sentiments in his work and commentary.
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I've never been a fan of the art world. I think it's a bit pretentious.

2008 — Interview with The Guardian
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The most effective way to communicate is through humor. Because if you can make people laugh, you can make them listen.

2005 — Wall and Piece
Humorous Unverifiable

I don't want to be a celebrity. I just want to be anonymous.

2013 — Interview with The Village Voice
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The world is a parody of itself. And I'm just trying to capture it.

2008 — Interview with The Guardian
Humorous Unverifiable

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

2005 — Wall and Piece book
Controversial Unverifiable

The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative, and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.

2005 — Wall and Piece book
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no one told them to.

2005 — Wall and Piece book
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The people who truly deface our neighborhoods are the companies that scrawl giant slogans across buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy their stuff.

2005 — Wall and Piece book
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We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime, we should all go shopping to console ourselves.

2005 — Wall and Piece book
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak.

2010 — Interview with The Guardian
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There’s no such thing as good publicity. Just publicity.

2005 — Wall and Piece book
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