Damien Hirst Art Quotes - (9 quotes)

Damien Hirst - From the Artists category:

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. (Damien Hirst)

Damien Hirst - From the Belief category:

It's ridiculous what I do. I can't believe in it – but I have to. (Damien Hirst)

Damien Hirst - From the Commerce category:

As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it. (Damien Hirst)

Damien Hirst - From the Copying category:

You've got to be able to copy things faithfully before you can deviate. (Damien Hirst)

Damien Hirst - From the Ego category:

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. (Damien Hirst)

Damien Hirst - From the Finishing category:

When you've just done it, you're not sure. But when you've sat with it for a couple of hours and you don't want to do anything more to it, that's a great feeling. It can stand on its own two feet. (Damien Hirst)

Damien Hirst - From the Greatness category:

You can always tell a great painting, because when you get close there are all these nervous marks. (Damien Hirst)

Damien Hirst - From the Ideas category:

The idea is more important than the object. (Damien Hirst)

Damien Hirst - From the Possibilities category:

The infinite possibilities. That's what used to do my nut in. (Damien Hirst)