Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andy Warholwas an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth6 August 1928
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Andy Warhol quotes about
thinking want machines
I want everybody to think alike. I think everybody should be a machine.
turns
When you do something exactly wrong, you always turn up something.
publicity peanuts eating
Publicity is like eating peanuts. Once you start you can’t stop.
mean two museums
I've never made the separation between, say, the museum and the hardware store. I mean, I enjoy both of them, and I want to combine the two.
art men names
Art? That's a man's name.
people wigs ifs
If you wear a wig, everybody notices. But if you then dye the wig, people notice the dye.
art technique multiple
I'm for mechanical art. When I took up silk screening, it was to more fully exploit the preconceived image through the commercial techniques of multiple reproduction.
needs fantasy
Everyone needs a fantasy.
art age landscape
We live in an age when the traditional great subjects - the human form, the landscape, even newer traditions such as abstract expressionism - are daily devalued by commercial art.
art real trying
If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.
wish way action
Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours.
thinking burden terrific
I think Chris Burden is terrific. I really do.
art streets ifs
I always like to see if the art across the street is better than mine.
wish made
I wish I hadn't made so many images.