"I think I like big issues, but I don’t believe in God or religion." ― Damien Hirst Topic(s): Religion More From Damien Hirst "The difference between art about death and actual death is that one’s a celebration and the other’s a dull fact." "I always feel like the art’s there and I just see it, so it’s not really a lot of work." "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." More In Religion "In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil."― Anna Jameson "We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."― Dalai Lama "The women’s movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind."― Carol P. Christ