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Damien Hirst quotes: But I could never make a judgement that something was obscene.

But I could never make a judgement that something was obscene.

Damien Hirst quotes: I like the confusion you get between science and religion ... that's where belief lies and art as well.

I like the confusion you get between science and religion ... that's where belief lies and art as well.

Damien Hirst quotes: Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.

Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.

Damien Hirst quotes: I'm a hypocrite and a slut and I'll change my mind tomorrow.

I'm a hypocrite and a slut and I'll change my mind tomorrow.

Damien Hirst quotes: In fact, the first piece of art I ever sold, I paid someone else to make the next one, so I could actually keep going out drinking.

In fact, the first piece of art I ever sold, I paid someone else to make the next one, so I could actually keep going out drinking.

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

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

Damien Hirst quotes: I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.

I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.

Damien Hirst quotes: I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.

I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.

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

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

Damien Hirst quotes: The spot paintings, the spin paintings, they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas.

The spot paintings, the spin paintings, they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas.

Damien Hirst quotes: As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it.

As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it.

Damien Hirst quotes: I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.

I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.

Damien Hirst quotes: I don't really have a career plan.

I don't really have a career plan.

Damien Hirst quotes: I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'

I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'

Damien Hirst quotes: The idea is more important than the object.

The idea is more important than the object.

Damien Hirst quotes: The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.

The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.

Damien Hirst quotes: When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing.

When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing.

Damien Hirst quotes: You've got to be able to copy things faithfully before you can deviate.

You've got to be able to copy things faithfully before you can deviate.

Damien Hirst quotes: So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.

Damien Hirst quotes: In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

Damien Hirst quotes: You have to step over the boundaries sometimes just to find out where theyare.

You have to step over the boundaries sometimes just to find out where theyare.

Damien Hirst quotes: I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.

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

Damien Hirst quotes: There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

Damien Hirst quotes: The spot paintings and spin paintings were trying to find mechanical ways to make paintings.

The spot paintings and spin paintings were trying to find mechanical ways to make paintings.

Damien Hirst quotes: I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful.

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

Damien Hirst quotes: Art goes on in your head. If you said something interesting, that might be a title for a work of art and I'd write it down.

Art goes on in your head. If you said something interesting, that might be a title for a work of art and I'd write it down.

Damien Hirst quotes: Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.

Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.

Damien Hirst quotes: I don't see what else you can spend your money on ... If you want to own things, art is a pretty good bet.

I don't see what else you can spend your money on ... If you want to own things, art is a pretty good bet.

Damien Hirst quotes: I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing.

I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing.

Damien Hirst quotes: People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference.

People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference.

Damien Hirst quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I have titles floating around in my head; I have sculptures floating around in my head. It's like a collage.

I have titles floating around in my head; I have sculptures floating around in my head. It's like a collage.

Damien Hirst quotes: It's very easy to say, 'I could have done that,' after someone's done it. But I did it. You didn't. It didn't exist until I did it.

It's very easy to say, 'I could have done that,' after someone's done it. But I did it. You didn't. It didn't exist until I did it.

Damien Hirst quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I just do what everybody asks me to do, in terms of media and stuff.

I just do what everybody asks me to do, in terms of media and stuff.

Damien Hirst quotes: For me, art is always a kind of theater.

For me, art is always a kind of theater.

Damien Hirst quotes: I wanted a shark that's big enough to eat you, and in a large enough amount of liquid so that you could imagine you were in there with it.

I wanted a shark that's big enough to eat you, and in a large enough amount of liquid so that you could imagine you were in there with it.

Damien Hirst quotes: What I really like is minimum effort for maximum effect.

What I really like is minimum effort for maximum effect.

Damien Hirst quotes: You can always tell a great painting, because when you get close there are all these nervous marks.

You can always tell a great painting, because when you get close there are all these nervous marks.

Damien Hirst quotes: 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.

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

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

Damien Hirst quotes: No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.

No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.

Damien Hirst quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It's ridiculous what I do. I can't believe in it - but I have to.

It's ridiculous what I do. I can't believe in it - but I have to.

Damien Hirst quotes: I liked The Beatles a lot when I was growing up.

I liked The Beatles a lot when I was growing up.

Damien Hirst quotes: The infinite possibilities. That's what used to do my nut in.

The infinite possibilities. That's what used to do my nut in.

Damien Hirst quotes: The best spot painting you can have by me is one painted by Rachel.

The best spot painting you can have by me is one painted by Rachel.

Damien Hirst quotes: 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 quotes: Art comes from everywhere. It's your response to your surroundings.

Art comes from everywhere. It's your response to your surroundings.

Damien Hirst quotes: I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all and who looks after them all in the space.

I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all and who looks after them all in the space.

Damien Hirst quotes: I sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this.

I sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this.

Damien Hirst quotes: I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.

I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.

Damien Hirst quotes: I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either.

I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either.

Damien Hirst quotes: I've had laser eye surgery and I don't wear glasses any more, so people just go, 'You're not Damien Hirst.' I don't get recognized on the street.

I've had laser eye surgery and I don't wear glasses any more, so people just go, 'You're not Damien Hirst.' I don't get recognized on the street.

Damien Hirst quotes: Artists are like everybody else.

Artists are like everybody else.

Damien Hirst quotes: As soon as something becomes art I think you get over the fear

As soon as something becomes art I think you get over the fear

Damien Hirst quotes: Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.

Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.

Damien Hirst quotes: Never let money get in the way of an idea

Never let money get in the way of an idea

Damien Hirst quotes: I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion.

I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion.

Damien Hirst quotes: Commercials are so contemporary and up to date that when you're involved in that visual world, you can't really go backwards.

Commercials are so contemporary and up to date that when you're involved in that visual world, you can't really go backwards.

Damien Hirst quotes: I just wanted to find out where the boundaries were. So far I've found there aren't any. I just wanted to be stopped, and no one will stop me.

I just wanted to find out where the boundaries were. So far I've found there aren't any. I just wanted to be stopped, and no one will stop me.

Damien Hirst quotes: Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.

Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.

Damien Hirst quotes: If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time.

If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time.

Damien Hirst quotes: It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

Damien Hirst quotes: Buy art, build a museum, put your name on it, let people in for free. That's as close as you can get to immortality ...

Buy art, build a museum, put your name on it, let people in for free. That's as close as you can get to immortality ...

Damien Hirst quotes: But then architects don't build their own houses.

But then architects don't build their own houses.

Damien Hirst quotes: As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

Damien Hirst quotes: I can't wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.

I can't wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.

Damien Hirst quotes: I love art. It is uplifting.

I love art. It is uplifting.

Damien Hirst quotes: The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.

The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.

Damien Hirst quotes: That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.

That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.

Damien Hirst quotes: Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.

Damien Hirst quotes: 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.

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 quotes: A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.

A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.

Damien Hirst quotes: I made one untitled piece.

I made one untitled piece.

Damien Hirst quotes: I don't think I'd want my pet in formaldehyde, but I guess in America they would.

I don't think I'd want my pet in formaldehyde, but I guess in America they would.

Damien Hirst quotes: You need a big ego to be an artist.

You need a big ego to be an artist.

Damien Hirst quotes: It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.

It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.

Damien Hirst quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.

The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.

Damien Hirst quotes: I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.

I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.

Damien Hirst quotes: I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.

I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.

Damien Hirst quotes: I always ignore money.

I always ignore money.