Born in 1965, English artist

Damien Hirst

"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."

“ For me, art is always a kind of theater.”

“Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.”

“You need a big ego to be an artist.”

“Since I was a child, death is definitely something that I think about every day. But I think that everybody does. You try and avoid it, but it's such a big thing that you can't.”

Daniel Arsham

“People always say that my work is sensational or shocking but there are truly shocking things you could do, and my sculptures don't go anywhere near that.”

“I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.”