I've got two ways of looking at this. I am either a genius – hummmm, fantastic – or the art world is incapable of dealing with the kind of art that is going on today. My answer is the art world is fucked. I'm not a genius.


Quoted in the Observer, 14 September 1997

Damien Hirst Quotes

I've got two ways of looking at this. I am either a genius – hummmm, fantastic – or the art world is incapable of dealing with the kind of art...

I've got two ways of looking at this. I am either a genius – hummmm, fantastic – or the art world is incapable of dealing with the kind of art...

I've got two ways of looking at this. I am either a genius – hummmm, fantastic – or the art world is incapable of dealing with the kind of art...

I've got two ways of looking at this. I am either a genius – hummmm, fantastic – or the art world is incapable of dealing with the kind of art...