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I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#any #artist #aware #been #before

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

If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success? ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#funny #funny

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

— Damien Hirst

#fantastically #i #i think #most #real

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

#afraid #always #been #beginning #form

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

— Damien Hirst

#everyone #i #i think #important #lack

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

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

— Damien Hirst

#down #i #name #ready #sit

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

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