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'Painting like a child' isn't...

'Painting like a child' isn't a negative for me... it's something only great artists can really achieve. The childlike quality of some of Picasso's drawings is precisely what makes them so masterful and extraordinary; the ability to express complete visions, feelings and portraits through a continuous line.

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The goal in life is to be sol...

The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.

Damien Hirst 100 quotes

People don't like contemporar...

People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference.

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It's amazing what you can do ...

It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

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No, I don't believe in genius...

No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.

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It'd be nice to make lots of ...

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.

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But the answer to how to live...

But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just to live. But you're doing that anyway. However you intellectualise it, you still just live.

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Picasso, Michelangelo, possib...

Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius.

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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit ...

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.

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So smoking is the perfect way...

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.

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I think I've always been afra...

I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting.

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But it's like the horror of b...

But it's like the horror of being in a studio with a blank canvas. I used to always run out of ideas because there are so many possibilities and I would just think, well what am I going to do now!

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It's a great advantage to be ...

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.

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Buy art, build a museum, put ...

Buy art, build a museum, put your name on it, let people in for free. That's as close as you can get to immortality.

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I gave up painting by 16. I s...

I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.

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That's the great thing about ...

That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.

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There was a point I could hav...

There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

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Even as a kid in drawing clas...

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 can't be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it.' That's kind of stuck with me.

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I definitely think about deat...

I definitely think about death. And every day your relationship with death changes. And every day I sort of feel like I know it more. I've always thought about it.

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As an artist you're looking f...

As an artist you're looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it to have deep meanings as well. I'm striving for both. But I hate it when people write things that sound like they've swallowed a f... dictionary.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....