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 still a commercial artist. I was always a commercial artist.
I'm not a political person. I'm an artist.
I'm not interested in art that's just pretty. I'm interested in art that's interesting.
I think that if you want to be an artist, you should just make art.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a person who makes art.
I'm not a philosopher. I'm just an artist.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit obsessed.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit weird.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit different.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit unique.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit original.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit creative.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit imaginative.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit innovative.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit visionary.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit daring.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit bold.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit fearless.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit brave.
I think that if you're going to be an artist, you have to be a little bit courageous.
Contemporaries of Andy Warhol
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Andy Warhol (1928–1987).