Damien Hirst Quotes
It's a great advantage to be able to play people off against each other, isn't it? You go to Christie's and get a quote on something. And then you go to Phillips' and you tell them what Christie's has given you. I like auctions for artists.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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No man may make another free.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.
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the English don't go in for imagination: imagination is considered to be improper if not downright alarmist.
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I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging.
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People think that lemon is good for the voice, but it dries it out.
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One of my great laments is that education today seems to have... be less about passion and more about process, more about tactic or technique.
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It's a great advantage to be able to play people off against each other, isn't it? You go to Christie's and get a quote on something. And then you go to Phillips' and you tell them what Christie's has given you. I like auctions for artists.
