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)
I'm not interested in being a guru. I'm interested in being a good artist.
I think that the best art is the art that makes you feel something.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a guy who works hard.
I think that the most important thing is to be yourself.
I love to travel. I love to see new things.
I think that the future is going to be very exciting.
I think that art is a way of communicating.
I love to collect things.
I think that the most important thing is to have fun.
I think that the best way to learn is by doing.
I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a movie star. But I never got to be a movie star. So I became a painter.
I'm a deeply superficial person.
I think having a show is like having a baby, only it's not as much fun.
I don't think I'm a genius. I think I'm a very good commercial artist.
I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
I really like to be alone. I'm always alone.
I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
I think everybody should be a machine.
I'm not a political person. I'm an art person.
I'm just a person who likes to make things.
Contemporaries of Andy Warhol
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Andy Warhol (1928–1987).