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“Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas.”
Source : "Damien Hirst: 'I still believe art is more powerful than money'". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2012. 
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“All men need something to poetize and idealize their life a little-something which they value for more than its use, and which is a symbol of their emancipation from the mere materialism and drudgery of daily life.”
Source : Theodore Parker (1855). “Ten Sermons of Religion”, p.119
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“And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.”
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“If artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them.”
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“Few people make a living as a public speaker but many people build it into their career. A career is like a suit of clothes: to look its best, it must be tailored and accessorized. So whatever career you choose, let's say it's social work - you can, for example, ask your boss - if you can give talks at housing project community centers about the social services available.”
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“As a quarterback, there's no better way to finish your year, in winning a Super Bowl, than with a touchdown pass. The chances of that happening, by the looks of most of the Super Bowls, is a very rare chance. Fortunately for me, I had an opportunity.”
Source : "From XLIII: An interview with Joe Montana". Interview with Nick Friedell, sports.yahoo.com. February 01, 2009.
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“I always just sit down at the piano and make the main hook—what I want the track to be about melodically—and then I’ll build everything else around that. But growing up, I did not play any instruments.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“If buying equities seem the most hazardous and foolish thing you could possibly do, then you are near the bottom that will end the bear market.”
