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 much more beautiful when you look at it through a camera.
I think having a good time is the best revenge.
They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
I just see things and I record them.
I'm not a pop artist. I'm an artist who does pop.
It's not what you do, it's who you are.
Everybody must have a fantasy.
I always thought I was more of a film-maker than a painter.
I'm a consumer. I consume.
The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.
I'd prefer to remain a mystery. I never like to give my background and, anyway, I make it all up every time I'm asked.
I'm still a commercial artist. I was a commercial artist and I'm still a commercial artist.
I'm a very social person. I love to be around people.
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.
I love to work. I love to make money. I love to be busy.
I'm not trying to be a philosopher. I'm just trying to be myself.
I think it's the artist's job to make people think.
I just do what I want to do.
I love pop art. I love the idea of it.
I think that art should be for everyone.
Contemporaries of Andy Warhol
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Andy Warhol (1928–1987).