"I think I like big issues, but I don’t believe in God or religion." ― Damien Hirst Topic(s): Religion More From Damien Hirst "In an artwork you’re always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death." "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." "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." More In Religion "I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort."― Jewel Kilcher "Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it."― Francis Arinze "Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic."― Hu Shih