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A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #anything #because #doing #done

I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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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

#am #because #being #blank #blank canvas

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

#answer #anyway #doing #how #however

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

#big #communicate #head #i #light

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've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite; you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #artist #asked #back #because

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