I Think Art Is Good At Looking

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.

I'm 43. I'm Not Ready To Sit Down In A Chair With My Name On It Yet.

In An Artwork You're Always Looking For Artistic Decisions, So An Ashtray Is Perfect. An Ashtray Has Got Life And Death.

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.

Even As A Kid In Drawing Class, I Had Real Ambition. I Wanted To Be The Best In The Class, But There Was Always Some Other Feller Who Was Better; So I Thought, It Cant Be About Being The Best, It Has To Be About The Drawing Itself, What You Do With It. Thats Kind Of Stuck With Me.