The idea is more important than the object. Damien Hirst More Quotes by Damien Hirst More Quotes From Damien Hirst You have to step over the boundaries sometimes just to find out where theyare. Damien Hirst boundariesstepssometimes A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for. Damien Hirst increasepaintingcost Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better. Damien Hirst drunksometimes 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. Damien Hirst weekendcitiescountry Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, It cant be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it. Thats kind of stuck with me. Damien Hirst realambitionkids 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. Damien Hirst museumspeopleart 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 going-outdonepeople 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. Damien Hirst goallife-isway But I could never make a judgement that something was obscene. Damien Hirst obscenestandardsjudgement Sensation is an element of what I do, and why not? It's not sensational for the sake of being sensational, but it's sensational art... It's like touching skin. Damien Hirst touchingskinsart I did a load of medicine cabinets a long time ago and I named them after Sex Pistols songs. I suppose I must be getting old if I'm naming work after Philip Larkin poems. Damien Hirst medicinesongsex Because it's visual art, a lot of it comes from childhood experience but then a lot comes from the visual language - in advertising and stuff like that - which is around us. Damien Hirst childhoodstuffart 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. Damien Hirst british-monarchykindreal Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. Damien Hirst geniusmightthinking I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet. Damien Hirst chairsreadynames It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love. Damien Hirst crassloveideas The infinite possibilities. That's what used to do my nut in. Damien Hirst possibilityinfinitenuts I don't really have a career plan. Damien Hirst planningplanscareers I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion. Damien Hirst issuesbelievethinking I don't think I'd want my pet in formaldehyde, but I guess in America they would. Damien Hirst petamericathinking
