Top 72 Quotes by Damien Hirst

About Damien Hirst

These are some quotes by British author Damien Hirst Artist, who was born on June 7, 1965.

Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.

Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.

Damien Hirst

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.

Damien Hirst

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

Damien Hirst

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.

Damien Hirst

I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'

I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'

Damien Hirst

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.

Damien Hirst

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.

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.

Damien Hirst

'Painting like a child' isn't a negative for me... it's something only great artists can really achieve. The childlike quality of some of Picasso's drawings is precisely what makes them so masterful and extraordinary; the ability to express complete visions, feelings and portraits through a continuous line.

Damien Hirst

It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

Damien Hirst

I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite; you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing.

Damien Hirst

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