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Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.
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 as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.
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As soon as something becomes art I think you get over the fear
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Buy art, build a museum, put your name on it, let people in for free. That's as close as you can get to immortality.
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