When We Are No Longer Children, We

I Can’t Wait To Get Into A Position To Make Really Bad Art And Get Away With It.

The Idea Is More Important Than The Object.

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.

I Was Brought Up Catholic, And I Felt The Power Of Art From A Very Young Age - Seeing The Brutality Of All Those Images Of Flayed Apostles And Tortured Saints Was A Pretty Strong Introduction.

You've Got To Be Oblivious To Other People, The Push And Pull Of Other People's Opinions, The Way Other People Measure Success. It's Then That You Realize You Are 100 Percent Who You Are And You Have To Use That Who-you-are 100 Percent In Order To Create Great Things.