Best Damien Hirst Sayings
- I don't really have a career plan. Career
- I don't see what else you can spend your money on... If you want to own things, art is a pretty good bet. Art
- The infinite possibilities. That's what used to do my nut in. Infinite
- 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. Actual
- As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it. Art
- Sensation is an element of what I do, and why not? It's not sensational for the sake of being sensational, but it's sensational art... It's… Art
- But I could never make a judgement that something was obscene. Inspirational
- 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… Amount
- 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… Art
- So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple. Actually Dying
- Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better. Better
- 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. Achieve
- I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life. Inspirational
- I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored,… Any
- A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed… Actually Done
- I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work. Always Feel
- I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not. Aware
- Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the… Any
- A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for. Cost
- 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. Frightened
- In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. Always Looking
- Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity. Art
- 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 limitless,… Bit
- Artists are like everybody else. Artist
- As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging. Father
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