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The vocabulary I use has to reflect the people I'm trying to communicate with. Damian Loeb
People Communicate Reflect Vocabulary Trying Use
When we as a society lose the ability to comment on what we see and to have an opinion on what we are exposed to, then we have all lost what makes us unique on this planet. Damian Loeb
Lose Lost Society Ability See Makes Opinion Comment Then Us Planet Exposed Unique
I can't work without music. Damian Loeb
Work Music Without
Photorealism's goal is to reproduce a photograph. The best photorealism can't beat a printer, and I have a really nice printer. Damian Loeb
Best Nice Photograph Beat Printer Goal Reproduce Really
Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different. Damien Hirst
Art Good Great You Experience Mind Think Great Art Stays Look Conceptual Conceptual Art Traditional Different Good Art Your
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. Damien Hirst
Work Art Hard Work Good You Struggle Happy Better Feeling Good Ideas About Inspiration Ideas Make Always Making Off Sweat Good Art Hard Pull
People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference. Damien Hirst
Life Art People Starts See Like Contemporary Contemporary Art Difference Really
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. Damien Hirst
You People Country Live City London More Weekend Take Aristocratic Come Most Go Any Different Actually Posh
When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me. Damien Hirst
Great Me School Else Everyone Neglect Everyone Else Kind Would Colour Abstract Stuff Like Make Because Said Always Came Going Formal Curtains Used Tutor Naturally Using Paintings
The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact. Damien Hirst
Death Art Other About Fact Between Dull Celebration Difference Actual
As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging. Damien Hirst
Mother Father Say Would More Like Am Lot Hugging
Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity. Damien Hirst
You Logical Painting Worry About More Poetic Makes Scientific While Sculpture Gravity
But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence. Damien Hirst
Saying People Spielberg More Main Hit Than Frightened Influence Interested Jaws Why
It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love. Damien Hirst
Love You Out Idea Either
Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. Damien Hirst
Genius Think Possibly Rembrandt Picasso Like Michelangelo Might Painter
A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done. Damien Hirst
Work Time People Thought Spending Out Because Always Doing Lot Get Done Going Anything Actually
There's no possible way you can get what you want. Damien Hirst
You Way Possible Get Want
My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it. Damien Hirst
Me You Believe Pennies Brought Could Pounds Never Look Up After Themselves Then Mum
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. Damien Hirst
Future History You Change Young To Be Honest Older Think Bit Possibilities Find Immortal Disturbing Inventing More Invincible Least Limitless Fixed Get Anything Then Suddenly Honest
Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. Damien Hirst
Success Best You Own Terms Goal False Being Your Measure
When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing. Damien Hirst
Kind Seduced Real Than Person Real Person Prefer Warhol Monarchy Thing Image Presented British
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. Damien Hirst
Art Good Day People End Of The Day Important Looking Looking Back Think Back More Head-On Looking Forward End Than Forward Paintings
The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor. Damien Hirst
Better Thought Idea Always Than Artist Being Sculptor Painter
People always say that my work is sensational or shocking but there are truly shocking things you could do, and my sculptures don't go anywhere near that. Damien Hirst
Work You People Say Could Always Go Truly Shocking Sensational Anywhere Sculptures Near Things
I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you. Damien Hirst
You Money Composition Factor Look Always Got Motivating Very Ignore Element Careful
Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place. Damien Hirst
Work Me You Never Dead Get Tate Artists Place Show Museums
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