Andy Warhol
Leading figure of Pop Art movement
Most quoted
"I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, and everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment'."
— from The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)
"It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it."
— from From 'The Philosophy of Andy Warhol', 1975
"I like money on the wall. Say you were going to buy a painting. You go to a gallery and you put out $20,000 and you get a painting. That's what I like to do. I like to put money on the wall."
— from The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again), 1975
All quotes by Andy Warhol (307)
The world is so beautiful, and we are so lucky to be alive.
I don't think art should be for the few. It should be for the many.
I don't want to be a genius. I just want to be a good artist.
I'm not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
I think it's so great that you can be an artist and make money. I think it's so great that you can be an artist and be famous.
I'm not interested in art. I'm interested in people.
I don't want to be a star. I want to be a legend.
I think a lot of people are afraid to be happy.
I'm not trying to be different. I'm just trying to be myself.
I think it's so great that you can buy a painting for a dollar.
I don't think I'm a genius. I just think I'm a good worker.
I think it's so great that you can be a commercial artist and still be an artist.
I don't think I have a style. I just do what I do.
I think it's so great that you can be a celebrity and still be a person.
I don't think I'm a rebel. I just think I'm myself.
I think it's so great that you can be a rich artist and still be an artist.
I don't think I'm a philosopher. I just think I'm a person who thinks.
I think it's so great that you can be a famous person and still be a person.
I don't think I'm a moralist. I just think I'm a person who observes.
I think it's so great that you can be a successful artist and still be an artist.
Contemporaries of Andy Warhol
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Andy Warhol (1928–1987).