Damien Hirst

I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#bacon #because #being #best #francis

I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#back #day #end #end of the day #forward

I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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