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

I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all and who looks after them all in the space.

A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.

I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting. Like finding some imaginary computer painter, or a robot who paints.

I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.

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.