Damien Hirst Quotes

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.

Damien Hirst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 7, 1965

Topics

AgePowerArtStrongSeeingYoung

You have to give people something to dream on.

Jimi Hendrix

PeopleYouDreamSomethingGive

The consequences of a lack of new knowledge is decades of stagnation: the next generation will be poorer than this one.

Andre Geim

KnowledgeGenerationConsequencesNew

It obviously matters who gets to be president. And it's perfectly valid for us media types to advocate for the candidate we think is more qualified, based on our reporting. But the hype has gotten so out of control, it's become bigger than the presidency itself.

Matt Taibbi

ControlThinkMediaBecomeMatters

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation.

Angela Carter

DinnerRulesTableNowDinner Table

I had better cellular coverage on a ship in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea than I have in many parts of Silicon Valley.

Roger McNamee

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I can't retire.

Roger Daltrey

Retire

Data transmission is no longer something scary you don't want in your backyard. Now you want it directly in front of your house.

Douglas Coupland

DataYouHouseNowWantBackyard

Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.

Christina Rossetti

HopeBirthLikeTrembling

I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general.

Bob Kane

I AmWriterFactGeneralKnownAm

I grew up when Disney was doing movies like Cinderella, and all the girls were princesses.

Phyllis Smith

DoingMoviesUpLikeCinderella

I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves.

Suzanne Pleshette

LongYouCareerIllusionWhyStar

In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU - nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.

Nicolas Berggruen

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