Best Damien Hirst Quotations
- Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. Best
- But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it. Always Staring
- For me, art is always a kind of theater. Art
- 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… Big
- I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing. Ashtray
- I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful. Everyone
- I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet. Chair
- It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw. Amazing
- Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. Genius
- When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a… British
- Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst. Been
- Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual… All
- I always feel a bit trapped when a painting goes for millions of pounds and only one person can have it. If you can have… Always Feel
- I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was… Boo
- I was brought up Catholic, and I felt the power of art from a very young age - seeing the brutality of all those images… Age
- 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. But… Art
- When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the… Abstract
- For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings, I made them as an endless series. But I was… Art
- I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then. Been
- The spot paintings and spin paintings were trying to find mechanical ways to make paintings. Find
- There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank. All
- Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always… Age
- I made one untitled piece. Made One
- My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do… Believe
- You need a big ego to be an artist. Artist
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