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title: "2 Blank canvas Quotes By Damien Hirst"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/but-it-s-like-the-horror-of-being-in-a-studio-with-a-blank-canvas-i/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/damien-hirst-3219_always_but-it-s-like-the-horror-of-being-in-a-s_2306437.jpg)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/the-spot-paintings-the-spin-paintings-they-re-all-a-mechanical-way-to/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/damien-hirst-3219_artist_the-spot-paintings-the-spin-paintings-th_2723991.jpg)

## Other authors on Blank canvas

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vincent-van-gogh-93793.jpg) Vincent Van Gogh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blank-canvas/vincent-van-gogh/)

## More by Damien Hirst

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/i-always-look-at-money-not-as-a-motivating-factor-but-as-an-element/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/art-goes-on-in-your-head-if-you-said-something-interesting-that-might/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/even-as-a-kid-in-drawing-class-i-had-real-ambition-i-wanted-to-be-the/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/since-i-was-a-child-death-is-definitely-something-that-i-think-about/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/but-i-think-it-s-more-that-when-you-re-young-you-re-invincible-you-re/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/museums-are-for-dead-artists-i-d-never-show-my-work-in-the-tate-you-d/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/no-i-don-t-believe-in-genius-i-believe-in-freedom-i-think-anyone-can/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [Never let money get in the way of an idea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/never-let-money-get-in-the-way-of-an-idea/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/i-did-a-butterfly-show-in-berlin-and-we-had-a-guy-who-s-an-expert-on/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [There's no possible way you can get what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/there-s-no-possible-way-you-can-get-what-you-want/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/i-believe-all-painting-and-art-should-be-uplifting-for-the-viewer/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/if-the-choice-is-between-buying-another-building-or-a-pollock-i-d-go/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/picasso-michelangelo-possibly-might-be-verging-on-genius-but-i-don-t/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/making-art-good-art-is-always-a-struggle-it-can-make-you-happy-when/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

> [So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/so-smoking-is-the-perfect-way-to-commit-suicide-without-actually/)

[Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/)

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