Damien Hirst Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.”

“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.”

“The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.”

“Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.”

“In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.”

“I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.”

“When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing.”

“The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.”

“I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon.”

“I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.”