Damien Hirst
restaurateur, painter, conceptual artist, sculptor, illustrator, visual artist, film director, engraver, installation artist, assemblage artist, artist
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All Quotes by Damien Hirst
“I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it. At the moment if I did certain things people would look at it, consider it and then say "f off". But after a while you can get away with things.”
“I was with this guy who was a plasterer, and at lunchtime he was eating a stuffed heart . . . I was thinking, "I'm not like these guys. I'm an artist." And I saw a bee come over to some flowers and get all the pollen out. I was looking and thinking, "How does it do that?" And then the guy who was eating the stuffed heart said, "How does that bee do that?"”
“I just wanted to find out where the boundaries were. So far I've found there aren't any. I just wanted to be stopped, and no one will stop me.”
“The best spot painting you can have by me is one painted by Rachel.”
“I started taking cocaine and drink ... I turned into a babbling fucking wreck.”
“Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.”
“People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference.”
“It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.”
“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.”
“Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.”
“It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.”
“No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.”