Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter.… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings, I made them as an endless series.… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how much?!' It's all about how… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
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… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
Since I was a child, death is definitely something that I think about every day. But I think that everybody does. You try and… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
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… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
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… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
