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Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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Since I was a child, death is definitely something that I think about every day. But I think that everybody does. You try and avoid it, but it's such a big thing that you can't. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#avoid #big #big thing #child #day

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

The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it? ↗

— Damien Hirst

#better #definitely #exciting #future #going

There's no possible way you can get what you want. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#possible #possible way #want #way #you

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

Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#done #force #funny #gone #hadn

I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#condition #enjoy #get #i #paid

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly. ↗

— Ian Hislop

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