Andy Warhol quotes

Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, and leading figure in the Pop Art movement. His unique style and fascination with mass culture transformed the art world. He remains an enduring icon of modern art and popular culture. Here are 186 of his quotes:

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. (Andy Warhol)
In the future everyone will have their fifteen minutes of fame. View quote
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I am a deeply superficial person. View quote
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Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art of all. View quote
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If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface; of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it. View quote
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People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don't look and it's magic. View quote
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Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. View quote
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I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. View quote
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An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have. View quote
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I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom. View quote
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I wake up every morning. I open my eyes and think: here we go again. (Andy Warhol)
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. View quote
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I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumours to my dogs. View quote
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I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. View quote
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The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting. View quote
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Art is anything you can get away with. View quote
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During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I don't think they've ever remembered. View quote
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It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor's finger. View quote
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Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer. View quote
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The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet. View quote
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Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job. (Andy Warhol)
Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves? View quote
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I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows. View quote
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Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets. View quote
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People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly. View quote
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Andy Warhol

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Occupation: American Artist
Born: August 6, 1928
Died: February 22, 1987
Quotes count: 186
Wikipedia: Andy Warhol

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