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Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.
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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Sculpture
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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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Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.
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