“I just hope that I can be kind of like the Beatles. I really like that kind of model. I like the way that without losing integrity they could change through fashion and not look back at the '60s and vomit when they saw what they'd done.” WayLooksKindI CanDoneSawsFashionIntegrityEgoModelsLosingBe Kind Author: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.” PeopleIfsLooksArtI CanMomentsCertainWaitingPositionGet Away 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
“But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.” LooksFacesAnswersStaringDoing Me 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
“I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all and who looks after them all in the space.” LooksShowsGuySpaceExpertsButterflyBerlin Author:Damien Hirst
“I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.” TryingLooksFactsLastsBeautifulEnergyStupidTaughtFlower Author:Damien Hirst
