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
essence soup paint
I wanted to paint nothing. I was looking for something that was the essence of nothing, and the soup can was it.
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.
thinking painting instinct
My instinct about painting says, 'if you don't think about it, it's right.' As soon as you have to decide and choose, it's wrong. And the more you decide about, the more wrong it gets.
thinking able painting
I think somebody should be able to do all my paintings for me.
trying ordinary-things paint
I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary. I just try to paint them ordinary-ordina ry.
dancer tap-dancers painter
I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.
reason someplace wore
Fashion, ... wasn't what you wore someplace anymore. It was the whole reason for going.
instead knew living shot suspected tv watching
Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there -- I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.
brand expect jeans
You expect them to keep up. With a brand like Levi's, you are the jeans of the world.
cast parts portrayed
many in the cast portrayed their parts as if in a stupor from marijuana, drugs or alcohol.
famous future
In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.
life movies people
People sometimes say the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal.
everybody terrific
I think it would be terrific if everybody was alike.
beauty
I always hear myself saying, 'She's a beauty!' or 'He's a beauty!' or 'What a beauty!' but I never know what I'm talking about.