“I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings.” PeopleThinkingArtImportantEndsPaintingArt IsImportanceThe End Of The DayLooking BackLooking Forward Author:Damien Hirst
“I don't see what else you can spend your money on... If you want to own things, art is a pretty good bet.” IfsWantArtArt Is Author:Damien Hirst
“As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it.” PeopleArtArtistArt IsSellingBuying Author:Damien Hirst
“Art is the closest you can get to immortality, though it's a poor substitute - you're working for people not yet born - and people want it because it is brilliant. It ends up in museums anyway; the rich have to give it back to the people, it's their only option. There are no pockets in a shroud.” PeopleWantGivingArtEndsBornPoorRichArt IsBrilliantImmortalityPocketsSubstitutesMuseumsClosestShrouds Author:Damien Hirst
“For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings I made them as an endless series. But I was never serious about it being an endless series. It was just an implied endless series. The theater means you just have to make it look good for that moment in the spotlight.” LooksKindMeanArtMadeMomentsPaintingSeriousArt IsTheaterSeriesEndlessSpotsThat MomentSpotlightImplied Author: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.” ThinkingMindLooksArtDifferentArt IsTraditionalGreat ArtGood ArtConceptual Art Author:Damien Hirst
“Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas.” ArtIdeasHardFeelingsInspirationStruggleHard WorkArt IsSweatGood IdeasMake You HappyGood Art Author:Damien Hirst
