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Because it's visual art, a lot of it comes from childhood experience but then a lot comes from the visual language - in advertising and stuff like that - which is around us.
Damien Hirst
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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
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Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.
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I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.
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As an artist you're looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it to have deep meanings as well. I'm striving for both. But I hate it when people write things that sound like they've swallowed a f... dictionary.
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