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If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time.
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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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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The idea is more important than the object.
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But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.
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