Banksy
Banksy is a prolific graffiti artist from Bristol, UK, whose artwork has appeared throughout Bristol, London and other locations around the world.
I'd been painting rats for three years before someone said "that's a clever anagram of art" and I had to pretend I'd known that all along.
Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas every day, 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.
Some runners are born with a massive head start, every possible help along the way and still the referees seem to be on their side.
'I got home at last and crawled into bed next to my girlfriend. I told her I'd had an epiphany that night [about using stencils] and she told me to stop taking that drug 'cos it's bad for your heart.'
People who should be shot: Fascist thugs, religious fundamentalists, people who write lists telling you who should be shot.