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Damien Hirst Quotes

Damien Hirst quotes

British Artist June 7, 1965

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Damien Hirst quote: "So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without..."
So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple. Damien Hirst
Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different. Damien Hirst
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
Damien Hirst quote: "No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think..."
No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt. Damien Hirst
People always say that my work is sensational or shocking but there are truly shocking things you could do, and my sculptures don't go anywhere near that. Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst quote: "I always ignore money."
I always ignore money. Damien Hirst
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
Damien Hirst quote: "I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you..."
I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not. Damien Hirst
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
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
Here's one from me: 'You have to be aware that everyone else is thinking far too hard about themselves to be thinking about you, whoever you are.' If you want it, you can have it. Once you know that, you can be free. Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst quote: "I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing."
I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing. Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst quote: "But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the..."
But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it. Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst quote: "Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius,..."
Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. Damien Hirst
But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence. Damien Hirst

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