"In an artwork you’re always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death."
― Damien Hirst
Topic(s): Art
― Damien Hirst
More From Damien Hirst
- "But I think it’s more that when you’re young, you’re invincible, you’re immortal – or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you’re inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It’s fixed. You can’t change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest."
- "I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist’s big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that’s great."
- "Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms."
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- "Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided."― Paracelsus
- "Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn’t normal. I didn’t have to go to school, so I didn’t. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I’m almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I’m crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class."― Drew Barrymore
- "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."― Pablo Picasso