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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
Damien Hirst
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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
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Conceptual Artist
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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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 sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this.
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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 down.
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I don't really have a career plan.
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I liked The Beatles a lot when I was growing up.
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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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