Edie Sedgwick quotes - page 3

Edie Sedgwick was an American socialite, actress, and fashion model, closely associated with artist Andy Warhol. She became a prominent figure in the New York City art scene of the 1960s and was considered a "Warhol Superstar." She left a lasting influence on popular culture and remains an icon of style and the counterculture movement. Here are 56 of her quotes:

All those little maneuvers I did out of things that were happening in my life that upset me.

Edie Sedgwick

A shot of cocaine and speed, and a shot of heroin. Stripped off all my clothes, leapt downstairs, and ran out on Park Avenue and two blocks down it before my friends caught me. Naked. Naked as a lima bean.

Edie Sedgwick

Everything that happened to me has been a paradox for life. The very things that I should have done would have been the trap. The very things I might have given into, that demanded, that said, this is your life. I mean, this is your only way to survive, are the things I found hardest to end. 'Cause I believed in something else. You have to work like mad to make people understand... Even if I don't make it, you know, I really insist on believing, and then I fall off the edge because there's nobody else to follow it. And I would just fall off the edge.

Edie Sedgwick

I'm a little nervous about saying anything about "the Artist" because it kind of sticks him right between the eyes, but he deserves it. Warhol really fucked up a great many people's - young people's - lives. My introduction to heavy drugs came through the Factory. I liked the introduction to drugs I received. I was a good target for the scene; I blossomed into a healthy young drug addict.

Edie Sedgwick

It's like my having to walk down thousands and thousands of white marble stairs...and nothing but a very very blue sky, very blue, like...Yes, and I'd have to walk down them forever. I never thought about going up...I don't know, don't you think that must mean something? It never occurred to me to turn it around, I mean, why didn't I think that way? This was after I had the car accident.

Edie Sedgwick