Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.

Quote by Damien Hirst

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Artists are like everybody else.

Artists are like everybody else.

There's no possible way you can get what you want.

There's no possible way you can get what you want.

Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.

Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An...

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An...

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then...

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then...

But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just...

But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just...

I always ignore money.

I always ignore money.

I made one untitled piece.

I made one untitled piece.

It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title...

It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title...

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot...

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot...

But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring...

But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring...

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was...

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was...

I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing.

I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing.

The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is...

The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is...

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because...

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because...

I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not...

I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not...

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.