I Always Feel Like The Art's There

I Can't Wait To Get Into A Position To Make Really Bad Art And Get Away With It. At The Moment If I Did Certain Things People Would Look At It, Consider It And Then Say "f Off". But After A While You Can Get Away With Things.

I Was Taught To Confront Things You Can't Avoid. Death Is One Of Those Things. To Live In A Society Where You're Trying Not To Look At It Is Stupid Because Looking At Death Throws Us Back Into Life With More Vigour And Energy. The Fact That Flowers Don't Last For Ever Makes Them Beautiful.

I Used To Believe I Was Going To Live Forever. And Then You Suddenly Become Aware That You're Not.

I Quite Like It To Be Risky. I'm Not Ready To Sit Down In A Chair With My Name On It Yet. I've Arrived At That Point In The Art World Where There Really Is A Chair That You Sit In.

Whenever I've Been Well-known Or Hitting The Press, I've Always Had To Get My Credit Card Out To Prove I'm Damien Hirst.