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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.

Damien Hirst

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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Film Director
Illustrator
Installation Artist
Painter
Printmaker
Restaurateur
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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