Zitate von Banksy

„Am Ende wird alles gut. Wenn es nicht gut ist, ist es nicht das Ende.“

—  Banksy

„Werden Sie gut im Schummeln und Sie müssen nie in etwas anderem gut werden.“

—  Banksy

„Wenn die Zeit zu gehen kommt, gehen Sie einfach leise weg und machen Sie keinen Radau.“

—  Banksy

„Einige Menschen werden Polizisten, weil sie die Welt zu einem besseren Ort machen wollen, andere werden Vandalen, weil sie die Welt zu einem besser aussehenden Ort machen wollen.“

—  Banksy

„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

„Viele Mütter tun alles für ihre Kinder, außer dass sie ihnen erlaubt sein eigener Herr zu sein.“

—  Banksy

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

—  Banksy

Cut It Out (2004)
Quelle: Wall and Piece

„If at first you don't succeed, Call an airstrike.“

—  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 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

„If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to
wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.“

—  Banksy

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

—  Banksy

„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

Quelle: Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall

„Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.“

—  Banksy

Quelle: Wall and Piece (2005)

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

—  Banksy

Quelle: Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall (2001)

„People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish. But that's only if it's done properly.“

—  Banksy

Quelle: Wall and Piece (2005)

„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

Other sources
Quelle: Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall
Kontext: 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.

„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

Quelle: Wall and Piece (2005)

„Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place, some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.“

—  Banksy

Banksyhttp://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2018739.stm
Variante: Some people want to make the world a better place. I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it!
Quelle: Wall and Piece (2005)