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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.

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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