Damien Hirst

But it's like the horror of being in a studio with a blank canvas. I used to always run out of ideas because there are so many possibilities and I would just think, well what am I going to do now! ↗

— Damien Hirst

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But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just to live. But you're doing that anyway. However you intellectualise it, you still just live. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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For me, art is always a kind of theater. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I always ignore money. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I made one untitled piece. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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