Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His mass-produced art apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the United States. Profoundly inspirational Andy Warhol quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Famous Andy Warhol Quotes
I just do art because I’m ugly and there’s nothing else for me to do. Andy Warhol
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will. Andy Warhol
You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.
A picture means I know where I was every minute. That’s why I take pictures. It’s a visual diary. Andy Warhol
People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly.
The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do. Andy Warhol
I’m not afraid to die; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.
I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want. Andy Warhol
When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it.
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have. Andy Warhol
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. Andy Warhol
Every song has a memory; every song has the ability to make or break your heart, shut down the heart, and open the eyes. But I’m afraid if you look at a thing long enough; it loses all of its meaning.
Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Andy Warhol
And your own life while it’s happening to you never has any atmosphere until it’s a memory.
Art is what you can get away with. Andy Warhol
Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.
They always say new art is bad for a while, that’s the risk that’s the pain you have to have for fame. Andy Warhol
Just because people throw it out and don’t have any use for it, doesn’t mean it’s garbage.
So a ‘pop art’ should be flattering, in the sense that it’s a reflection of a positive part of the person’s personality. Andy Warhol
Art is anything you can get away with. Andy Warhol
Every song has a memory; every song has the ability to make or break your heart, shut down the heart, and open the eyes. Andy Warhol
Pop art is for everyone. Andy Warhol
I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. Andy Warhol
Pop art is about liking things. Andy Warhol
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art but making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. Andy Warhol
The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting Andy Warhol
My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person. Andy Warhol
Death means a lot of money, honey. Death can really make you look like a star. Andy Warhol
Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves? Andy Warhol
I never read; I just look at pictures. Andy Warhol
Once you ‘got’ Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again. Andy Warhol
The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do. Andy Warhol
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. There’s nothing behind it. Andy Warhol
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol
I’d asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally, one lady friend asked the right question, Well, what do you love most?’ That’s how I started painting money. Andy Warhol
I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die Andy Warhol
People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Andy Warhol
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have. Andy Warhol
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet. Andy Warhol
Sometimes the little times you don’t think are anything while they’re happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life. Andy Warhol
I wonder if it’s possible to have a love affair that lasts forever. Andy Warhol
I don’t know where the artificial stops and the real starts. Andy Warhol
As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it. Andy Warhol
A picture means I know where I was every minute. That’s why I take pictures. It’s a visual diary. Andy Warhol
The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet. Andy Warhol
People are always so boring when they band together. You have to be alone to develop all the idiosyncrasies that make a person interesting. Andy Warhol
I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows. Andy Warhol
I learned that you actually have more power when you shut up. Andy Warhol
I’m the type who’d be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn’t going to. Andy Warhol
You need to let little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you. Andy Warhol
Employees make the best dates. You don’t have to pick them up and they’re always tax deductible. Andy Warhol
Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That’s one of my favorite things to say. So what. Andy Warhol
When people are ready to, they change. Andy Warhol
There should be a course in the first grade on love. Andy Warhol
Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. Andy Warhol
When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them. Andy Warhol
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol
I don’t want to be smart, because being smart makes you depressed. Andy Warhol
Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. Andy Warhol
When you stop wanting something, you get it. Andy Warhol
You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you. Andy Warhol
People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Andy Warhol
And your own life while it’s happening to you never has any atmosphere until it’s a memory. Andy Warhol
Fashion is more art than art is Andy Warhol
Someday everybody will just think what they want to think, and then everybody will probably be thinking alike; that seems to be what is happening. Andy Warhol
My fascination with letting images repeat and repeat or in film’s case ‘run on’ manifests my belief that we spend much of our lives seeing without observing. Andy Warhol
I’m not afraid to die; I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Andy Warhol
I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer. Andy Warhol
Beauty is a sign of intelligence. Andy Warhol
