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> [For artists it's a lot easier to make art in bad times than it is in good times. When you've got no money it's easy to just drink your way through it and make great art. But if you're making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/for-artists-it-s-a-lot-easier-to-make-art-in-bad-times-than-it-is-in/)

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

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## 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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