In fact, the first piece of art I ever sold, I paid someone else to make the next one, so I could actually keep going out drinking.
Damien HirstEven as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, It cant be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it. Thats kind of stuck with me.
Damien Hirst