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I don't think I'd want my pet in formaldehyde, but I guess in America they would.
Damien Hirst
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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
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Conceptual Artist
Film Director
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Installation Artist
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Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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I sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this.
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I wanted a shark that's big enough to eat you, and in a large enough amount of liquid so that you could imagine you were in there with it.
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I always ignore money.
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You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do the most unbelievable things.
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I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well.
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Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius.
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I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either.
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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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I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.
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I've never learned to drive because I get lots of ideas when I'm a passenger in a car. I love to get in a car with a driver and just think and work things out.
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