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Pelé is one of the few who contradicted my theory [...] Instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries.

— Andy Warhol

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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.

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I've never met a person I couldn't call a beauty.

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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.

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