Damien Hirst"For the last couple of years Hirst has also been painting again — actually painting, as in the kind of pictures an artist produces with his own hand, not through assistants — and always with a sense of Bacon looking over his shoulder. If he continues to go this route it's a big risk. He's given no evidence up to now that he knows what to do with a brush, and there are plenty of people waiting for him to fall on his face."
Let's make some room for him up on the fifth floor.
Damien Hirst: Bad Boy Makes Good - Time Magazine
