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I mean, people listen to music, and they like that, but I think in England, a lot of people don't like contemporary art.

Damien Hirst

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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
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Conceptual Artist
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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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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When we are no longer children, we are already dead.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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