Andy Warhol Quotes

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

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Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola; 6 August 1928 – 22 February 1987) was an American painter, filmmaker, publisher, actor and major figure in the Pop Art movement.

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Pen Names: Warhol, Andrew • Warhola, Andrew

Birth Name: Andrew Warhola Jr.

Alternative Names: Andrew Warhola • Andrew Warhol • Drella • Andrej Varchol • Andrej Warhol

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Interviewer: “Andy do you feel that the public has insulted your art?”
Andy Warhol: “Uh no.”
I: “Why not?”
AW: “Uh well I hadn’t thought about it.”
I: “It doesn’t bother you at all then?”
AW: “Uh no.”
I: “Well do you think that they have shown a lack of appreciation for what pop art means?”
AW: “Uh no.”
I: “Andy do you think that pop art has sort of reached the point where it’s becoming repetitious now?”
AW: “Uh yes.”
I: “Do you think it should break away from being pop art?”
AW: “Uh no.”
I: “Are you just going to carry on?”
AW: “Uh yes.

Art is what you get away with

In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes.

Sex is nostalgia for sex.

I think it would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor's finger.

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.

Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight.

I think of myself as an American artist: I like it here.. .I feel I represent the U.S. in my art but I'm not a social critic. I just paint those things in my paintings because those things are the things I know best. I'm not trying to criticize the U.S. in any way, not trying to show up any ugliness at all. I'm just a pure artist, I guess. But I can't say if I take myself seriously as an artist. I just hadn't thought about it. I don't know how they consider me in print, though.

Every song has a memory; every song has the ability to make or break your heart, shut down the heart, and open the eyes. But I’m afraid if you look at a thing long enough; it loses all of its meaning

Fantasy love is much better than Reality Love.

A: I like your apartment.
B: It's nice, but it's only big enough for one person – or two people who are very close.
A: You know two people who are very close?

I like to be the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place. Being the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place is worth it because something interesting always happens.

. . . but I always say, one's company, two's a crowd, and three's a party.

I wonder if it’s possible to have a love affair that lasts forever. If you’re married for 30 years and you’re making breakfast for the one you love and and he walks in, does your heart skip a beat? Anyway, it’s nice to have a little breakfast made for you

At the times in my life when I was feeling the most gregarious and looking for bosom friendships, I couldn't find any takers, so that exactly when I was alone was when I felt the most like not being alone... I became a loner in my own mind... I decided I'd rather be alone.