You Can Always Tell A Great Painting,

Whenever I've Been Well-known Or Hitting The Press, I've Always Had To Get My Credit Card Out To Prove I'm Damien Hirst.

I Always Try To Make Everyone Mellow Down, Make Sure Everybody's Happy. The People I Have Employed Have Always Kind Of Stayed With Us. A Lot Of People Who Come To Work For You Are Artists In Their Own Right. And They Want To Work For You Because They Want To Pick Something Up.

For Artists It's A Lot Easier To Make Art In Bad Times Than It Is In Good Times. When You've Got No Money It's Easy To Just Drink Your Way Through It And Make Great Art. But If You're Making Lots Of Money It Can Be Very Problematic.

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.

You Can Always Tell A Great Painting, Because When You Get Close There Are All These Nervous Marks.