Quote by Damien Hirst
Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it an

Great art – or good art – is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I dont think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different. – Damien Hirst

Other quotes by Damien Hirst

I was taught to confront things you cant avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where youre 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 dont last for ever makes them beautiful. – Damien Hirst

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Death
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Ive been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. Its great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite you look back and its all fixed so its a scary thing. – Damien Hirst

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Future
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Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. – Rita Mae Brown

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I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say its like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way. – Joyce Meyer

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Experience

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. – Nelson Mandela

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Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. – John Berger

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To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow. – Johnson

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An exhibitionist is nothing without a voyeur. – S.A. Sachs

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I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative. – John Key

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I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities. – Carter Burwell

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