#on

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #artistic #artwork #ashtray #death

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#because #bigger #costs #difficult #every

It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#good #just #just one #might #one word

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

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

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#back #belongs #brought #home #into

The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#loss #lost-loved-one #spirit #death

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

The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#actual #art #between #celebration #death

When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #because #came #colour #curtains