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Banksy

Geburtstag: 1974

Banksy [ˈbæŋkzi] ist ein britischer Streetart-Künstler. Seine Schablonengraffiti wurden in Bristol und London bekannt. Er ist zudem weltweit in anderen Ländern aktiv geworden, unter anderem in Australien, Deutschland, Israel, Italien, Jamaika, Kuba, Mali, Mexiko, Japan, Palästina, Spanien, Österreich, Kanada und den USA. Banksy bemüht sich, seinen Namen sowie seine Identität geheim zu halten.

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„Sie kommen jeden Tag und verunstalten unsere Städte. Sie hinterlassen überall ihre idiotischen Schriftzüge. Sie machen aus der Welt einen hässlichen Ort. Wir nennen sie Werbeagenturen und Stadtplaner.“

— Banksy
Aufstand der Zeichen, Greenpeace Magazin Nr. 6/2005, http://www.greenpeace-magazin.de/index.php?id=2888&no_cache=1&sword_list[]=Banksy

Über die Welt

„People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care.“

— Banksy, Wall and Piece

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

— Banksy, Wall and Piece

„You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.“

— Banksy

„All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?“

— Banksy, Wall and Piece

„There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.“

— Banksy

„There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.“

— Banksy

„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.“

— Banksy

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

— Banksy

„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.“

— Banksy
Sun 2010 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3124787/Banksy-in-his-own-words.html#ixzz2Q9taUXub|The

„You're 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.“

— Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall

„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 ever 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.“

— Banksy, Wall and Piece

„Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.“

— Banksy

„Think from outside the box, collapse the box and take a fucking knife to it.“

— Banksy, Wall and Piece

„Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.“

— Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall
Context: Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something or changing stuff than anything indoors. Graffiti has been used to start revolutions, stop wars, and generally is the voice of people who aren't listened to. Graffiti is one of those few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make somebody smile while they're having a piss. Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall