Damien Hirst

"A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done."

"Artists are like everybody else. "

"But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it. "

"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. "

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

"I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life. "