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
nice clothes
The clothes of Courreges are so nice.
years ideas people
My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. People are only glamorous if you don't see them. Like the movies used to make people years ago. There is something about people on screen that makes them so special; when you see them in person, they are so different and the whole illusion is gone..
art believe i-believe
Everything will be art and nothing will be art, because everything, as I believe, already is.
waste makers critics
Sociological critics are waste makers.
thinking evil people
Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil - of letting people destroy themselves while I watched, just so I could film them and tape-record them. But I didn't think of myself as evil - just realistic.
school kids thinking
I think kids should go to high school until they're 30. No, really, because people are staying younger now and there's nothing to do. If you stayed longer, then it would be really great.
believe thinking should-have
I think they should have movies in restaurants. I can't believe that so many people get together just to sit there. It's so abstract... isn't it abstract? What are these people sitting here watching?
stars people matter
So many people seem to prefer my silver-screenings of movie stars to the rest of my work. It must be the subject matter that attracts them, because my death and violence paintings are just as good.
machines want
I want to be a machine.
differences america vision
[My vision of America is] a good vision. Actually the best is on TV. I wanted to shoot all the pictures off the TV. No one would have known the difference.
cameras pockets
I just [take pictures] because the camera is something to carry around in my pocket.
sleep wish looks
The lobbies are always the best-looking place in the hotel-you wish you could bring out a cot and sleep in them. Compared to the lobby, your room always looks like a closet.
everyday trying paint
I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can.
dream alive shots
Since I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don't know whether I'm alive or whether I died. I wasn't afraid before. And having been dead once, I shouldn't feel fear. But I am afraid. I don't understand why.