Best quotes by Damien Hirst on Art

Checkout quotes by Damien Hirst on Art

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

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

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• ‟ People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference.

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• ‟ For me, art is always a kind of theater.

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• ‟ That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.

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• ‟ I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.

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