Banksy — "The art world is a playground for the rich. And I'm just trying to mess it up a …"

"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."

"You don't need a license to create street art. You just need a wall."

"I've never been a fan of the art world. I think it's a bit pretentious."

"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."

"I think it's important to be a bit of a troublemaker. It keeps things interesting."