#eli

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

— Damien Hirst

#big #god #i #i think #issues

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

— Damien Hirst

#become #believe #forever #going #i

Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #art #better #feeling #good

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#believe #brought #could #i #look

No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#believe #freedom #genius #i #i believe

If religion is the cornerstone of morality, how come I so often find myself explaining why I don’t hate god to someone who’s expressed hatred for atheists, scientists, feminists, gays, intellectuals, and all other forms of infidels? ↗

— Lindsey Brown

#religion #religion

It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#british #eccentric #fat #longer #politics

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#morality #religion #religious-extremism #religion

We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#honor #icons #need #nobody #religious

Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#attempt #believing #care #cosmology #cultural