'There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover.' — Metropolitan Police Spokesperson - Banksy

Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas everyday, we read novels by the millions, and buy records by the billions. 'We the people' affect the making and quality of most of our culture, but not our art.

On Tuesday I went around San Francisco dressed in overalls designating large parts of it as legal graffiti areas.

My main problem with cops is that they do what they're told. They say 'Sorry mate, I'm just doing my job' all the fucking time. And every time someone says 'if it was down to me it would be ok, but I'm following orders' a little bit inside of you dies. If you say it as often as cops do, then there isn't much left.