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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.

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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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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