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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it’s bad, it’s really simple Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Commercials are so contemporary and up to date that when you’re involved in that visual world, you can’t really go backwards Picture Quote #1

Museums are for dead artists. I’d never show my work in the Tate. You’d never get me in that place Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In an artwork you’re always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death Picture Quote #1

As an artist you’re looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it to have deep meanings as well. I’m striving for both. But I hate it when people write things that sound like they’ve swallowed a f... dictionary Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon Picture Quote #1

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I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then Picture Quote #1

Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms Picture Quote #1

Artists are like everybody else Picture Quote #1

I always ignore money Picture Quote #1

I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing Picture Quote #1

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life Picture Quote #1

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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway Picture Quote #1

Sometimes when you’re drunk you can see better Picture Quote #1

For me, art is always a kind of theater Picture Quote #1

I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful Picture Quote #1

When we are no longer children, we are already dead Picture Quote #1

I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz Picture Quote #1

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Never let money get in the way of an idea Picture Quote #1

Art comes from everywhere. It’s your response to your surroundings Picture Quote #1

The idea is more important than the object Picture Quote #1

What I really like is minimum effort for maximum effect Picture Quote #1

I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer Picture Quote #1

I sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this Picture Quote #1

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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) 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) 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) 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 Quotes) 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) 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’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) 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 Quotes) 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) As an artist you’re looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it to have deep meanings as well. I’m striving for both. But I hate it when people write things that sound like they’ve swallowed a f... dictionary. (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. (Damien Hirst Quotes) I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon. (Damien Hirst Quotes) I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then. (Damien Hirst Quotes) Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms (Damien Hirst Quotes) Artists are like everybody else (Damien Hirst Quotes) I always ignore money (Damien Hirst Quotes) I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing (Damien Hirst Quotes) I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life (Damien Hirst Quotes) Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway (Damien Hirst Quotes) Sometimes when you’re drunk you can see better (Damien Hirst Quotes) For me, art is always a kind of theater (Damien Hirst Quotes) I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful (Damien Hirst Quotes) When we are no longer children, we are already dead (Damien Hirst Quotes) I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz (Damien Hirst Quotes) Never let money get in the way of an idea (Damien Hirst Quotes) Art comes from everywhere. It’s your response to your surroundings (Damien Hirst Quotes) The idea is more important than the object (Damien Hirst Quotes) What I really like is minimum effort for maximum effect (Damien Hirst Quotes) I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer (Damien Hirst Quotes) I sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this (Damien Hirst Quotes)

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