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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
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Film Director
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Installation Artist
Painter
Printmaker
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Sculptor
Visual Artist
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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There's always something you missed or something you didn't notice or somehow you got wrong... I don't really have a beginning.
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If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time.
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As soon as something becomes art I think you get over the fear
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I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.
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I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.
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But for me, from my point of view, I don't mind if it falls over... if you break the glass you replace the glass, if the sheep falls out you can always get a new sheep.
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But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.
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Here's one from me: 'You have to be aware that everyone else is thinking far too hard about themselves to be thinking about you, whoever you are.' If you want it, you can have it. Once you know that, you can be free.
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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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You have to step over the boundaries sometimes just to find out where theyare.
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Art goes on in your head. If you said something interesting, that might be a title for a work of art and I'd write it down.
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It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.
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I just do what everybody asks me to do, in terms of media and stuff.
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