Damien Hirst Quotes
The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.

Quotes to Explore
-
I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
-
My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
-
When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
-
Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
-
It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
-
You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
-
I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
-
I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
-
My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
-
In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
-
Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
-
All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
-
In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.
-
I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
-
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
-
The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.
-
The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
-
The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
-
Films, fiction, can encompass a whole global vision on a particular subject with any story, whatever it is. You can play the story in whatever country with whatever language in whatever style you want to tell the story in.
-
When I learned of Aunt Dimity's death, I was stunned. Not because she was dead, but because I had never known she'd been alive.
-
My personal style really started in my teens when I gained purchasing power to actually buy my own damn clothes. For so long, my parents dictated what I wore, which largely was their way of containing me within the gender binary.
-
Hatred, jealousy, and fear hinder peace of mind. When you're angry or unforgiving, for example, your mental suffering is constant. It is better to forgive than to spoil your peace of mind with ill feelings.
-
The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.