“As an artist you're looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it to have deep meanings as well. I'm striving for both. But I hate it when people write things that sound like they've swallowed a f... dictionary.” PeopleWayWantWritingWellsArtistHateSoundUniversalI HateImpactCriticsStriveTriggersDictionaryDeep Meaning Author:Damien Hirst
“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
“The spot paintings, the spin paintings, they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas.” WayGuyRoomsPaintingSpotsProcrastinationBlankCanvasBlank Canvas Author:Damien Hirst
“For artists it's a lot easier to make art in bad times than it is in good times. When you've got no money it's easy to just drink your way through it and make great art. But if you're making lots of money it can be very problematic.” IfsWayArtArtistEasyEasierDrinkGood TimesLots Of MoneyGreat ArtNo MoneyBad Times Author:Damien Hirst
“You've got to be oblivious to other people, the push and pull of other people's opinions, the way other people measure success. It's then that you realize you are 100 percent who you are and you have to use that who-you-are 100 percent in order to create great things.” PeopleWayUseOrderRealizingOpinionPercentWho You AreGreat ThingsObliviousMeasure Of Success Author:Damien Hirst
“So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.” WaySimplePerfectDyingSuicideCommitSmokeSmokingMarijuana Author:Damien Hirst
“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.” WayLife IsGoalAchieveFluidLife Goal Author:Damien Hirst
