To Be An Artist Is Not About Fame; It's About Art, Which Is This Intangible Thing That Has Got To Have Lots Of Integrity, Whereas Being Famous Doesn't Really Take Any Integrity. But I Think You Have To Admit That You Want To Be Famous, Otherwise You Can't Be An Artist. Art And Fame Together Are Like A Desire To Live Forever.

-Damien Hirst

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To Be An Artist Is Not About

Damien Hirst

To Be An Artist Is Not About Fame; It's About Art, Which Is This Intangible Thing That Has Got To Have Lots Of Integrity, Whereas Being Famous Doesn't Really Take Any Integrity. But I Think You Have To Admit That You Want To Be Famous, Otherwise You Can't Be An Artist. Art And Fame Together Are Like A Desire To Live Forever.

Topic

Art

Integrity

Thinking

But I Always Liked The Fact That You Get These Totally Unacceptable Images, But They're Taken By A Really Expensive Photographer, With Great Light, And In Terms Of The Quality Of The Photograph It's A Great Photograph, But In Terms Of Imagery It's Unacceptable, And I Like That Contradiction.

Photography

Taken

Light