Art Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Damien Hirst

Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.

— Damien Hirst

No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.

— Damien Hirst

Never let money get in the way of an idea

— 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…

— Damien Hirst

There's no possible way you can get what you want.

— Damien Hirst

I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.

— Damien Hirst

If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time.

— Damien Hirst