Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andy Warholwas an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth6 August 1928
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
fame fifteen future minutes
In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes
brand expect jeans
You expect them to keep up. With a brand like Levi's, you are the jeans of the world.
inspirational life change
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
bores-you boredom thrill
You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.
tombstone names headstone
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.'
photographer boring boring-things
I like boring things.
photographer
Beauty is a sign of intelligence.
jade enough exciting
Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you do it every day it’s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it’s not good any more.
opposites two commercial-art
The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
kissing wind wrong-person
Everyone winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight.
shut-up
I learned that you actually have more power when you shut up.
switzerland favorite-places my-favorite
Switzerland is my favorite place now, because it's so - nothing. There is absolutely nothing to do.
stagnation security
Security breeds stagnation.
fascination kind certain
One person in the 60s fascinated me more than anybody I had ever known. And the fascination I experienced was probably very close to a certain kind of love