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I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

Damien Hirst

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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Film Director
Illustrator
Installation Artist
Painter
Printmaker
Restaurateur
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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Here's one from me: 'You have to be aware that everyone else is thinking far too hard about themselves to be thinking about you, whoever you are.' If you want it, you can have it. Once you know that, you can be free.
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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, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.
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I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either.
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I've never learned to drive because I get lots of ideas when I'm a passenger in a car. I love to get in a car with a driver and just think and work things out.
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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.
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Never let money get in the way of an idea
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There's always something you missed or something you didn't notice or somehow you got wrong... I don't really have a beginning.
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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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