I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful.

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

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

I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well.

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.

Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.

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.