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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.

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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
Artist
Conceptual Artist
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Installation Artist
Painter
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Visual Artist
Bristol
Gloucestershire
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