Andy Warhol

Pop Artist Filmmaker American 1928 – 1987

Pioneered pop art and questioned the boundaries between high and commercial art.

378 quotes

"I'm into observation and the beauty of the mundane."
Art
"A genius is someone who masters the art of doing anything with style."
Creativity
"Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved?"
Love
"The more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel."
Philosophy
"I want to be like everyone else. But I'm not, so I guess I'll just be myself."
Life
"Art is what you can get away with."
Art
"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."
"I'm bored with that line. It's funny how people repeat it."
Humor
"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest."
Money
"Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art."
Work
"I think everybody should like everybody."
Kindness
"If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am."
Truth
"Silence is very important. Where there's silence there's also peace."
Peace
"I had a very bad childhood, but after that I was fine."
Perseverance
"Sometimes people let the same problem make them sad for years when they might say, so what, that's over, now what am I going to do."
Wisdom
"I like things that are kind of stupid and cheerful and colorful."
Happiness
"Time is money, but also time is art."
Time
"I like to watch things. And I like things that I like to watch."
Art
"Money is not everything, but it sure makes life easier."
Money
"I want to die with my boots on."
Courage
"The greatest thing about art is that it lets you show what you really believe."
Creativity
"I think that if you can see the point, it's not art."
Art
"People should like lots of things. If they like just one thing, it's boring."
Imagination
"Gee, I'd like to be reincarnated as Warren Beatty's hairbrush."
Humor
"I always think that one day I'll have a normal life, but that probably won't happen."
Life
"The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will."
"I spent the sixties in a sometimes catatonic state."
Truth
"I like America, and I think America likes me."
Freedom
"Isn't life wonderful? I love New York in the fall."
Happiness
"Everyone is going to love you, some just take longer."
Hope