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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, so if you get debate, that's great.
Damien Hirst
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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.
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I don't really have a career plan.
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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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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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Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.
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