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IDLER: Titles are important to you.
HIRST: I think they just come out of an urge for naming, it’s like naming your fucking baby. It’s like, you’re called Tom, and you can never separate that from you.
IDLER: Why do so many people do things which they call “Untitled”?
HIRST: It’s a big responsibility. You have to do what you’ve already done in the work in a verbal way, and if you’re a visual artist there’s not really any reason to do it. [picks nose, displays result]
IDLER: Nose-picking is a also great pleasure.
HIRST: Oh yeah. Anything you can do with your hands and feet. Great. Arse picking.
IDLER: Do you pick your arse?
HIRST: Er … I’ve messed about with it?
The Idler’s Tom Hodgkinson interviews artist Damien Hirst.