When We Are No Longer Children, We

Because It's Visual Art, A Lot Of It Comes From Childhood Experience But Then A Lot Comes From The Visual Language - In Advertising And Stuff Like That - Which Is Around Us.

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 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 Think Suicide Is The Most Perfect Thing You Can Do In Life.

When You've Just Done It, You're Not Sure. But When You've Sat With It For A Couple Of Hours And You Don't Want To Do Anything More To It, That's A Great Feeling. It Can Stand On Its Own Two Feet.