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Damien Hirst Quotes

Damien Hirst quotes about thinking

British Artist June 7, 1965

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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
Damien Hirst quote: "I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life."
I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life. Damien Hirst
Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different. Damien Hirst
I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings. Damien Hirst
But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest. Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst quote: "I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or..."
I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion. Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst quote: "I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of..."
I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful. Damien Hirst
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
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
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
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
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: "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

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