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When you've just done it, you're not sure. But when you've sat with it for a couple of hours and you don't want to do anything more to it, that's a great feeling. It can stand on its own two feet.

Damien Hirst

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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
Artist
Conceptual Artist
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Installation Artist
Painter
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Visual Artist
Bristol
Gloucestershire
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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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