30 quotes
In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.
They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
Pelé is one of the few who contradicted my theory [...] Instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries.
I've never met a person I couldn't call a beauty.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job.
In my art work, hand painting would take much too long and anyway that's not the age we're living in.
The reason I'm painting this way is that I want to be a machine, and I feel that whatever I do and do machine-like is what I want to do.
I don't believe in it, because you're not around to know that it's happened. I can't say anything about it because I'm not prepared for it.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
You'd be surprised how many people want to hang an electric chair on their living-room wall. Specially if the background color matches the drapes.
Moderna Museet (1968)
I think somebody should be able to do all my paintings for me.
The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
(You wouldn't believe how many people will hang up a picture of an electric chair? especially if it matches the color of their curtains.)
Sylvie Fleury et al (2001)
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.
(You'd be surprised who'll hang an electric chair in the living room. Especially if the background matches the drapes.)
In some circles where very heavy people think they have very heavy brains, words like "charming" and "clever" and "pretty" are all put-downs; all the lighter things in life, which are the most important things, are put down.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
Money is the MOMENT to me.
Money is my MOOD.
Free countries are great, because you can actually sit in somebody else's space for a while and pretend you're a part of it. You can sit in the Plaza Hotel and you don't even have to live there. You can just sit and watch the people go by.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
(You wouldn't believe the number of people who hang the electric chair painting in the homes, especially if the colour of the canvas matches the curtains.)
Marie Deparis (2009)
(You wouldn't believe how many people will hang a picture of an electric chair in their room – especially if the color of the picture matches the curtains.)
Geoff Nicholson (2002)
The President has so much good publicity potential that hasn't been exploited. He should just sit down one day and make a list of all the things that people are embarrassed to do that they shouldn't be embarrassed to do, and then do them all on television.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)