Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol, an American artist and filmmaker, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. Andy Warhol's observations on Art are as sharp as their thoughts on Famous, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Browse 39 quotes by Andy Warhol that cover ground from Art, Famous, Best, Money, and Home. A favorite of many readers: "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."

“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. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.”

— Andy Warhol

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All Quotes by Andy Warhol

“I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work,' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.”

— Andy Warhol

Work

“When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.”

— Andy Warhol

Relationship

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.”

— Andy Warhol

Art

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

— Andy Warhol

Change

“I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.”

— Andy Warhol

Home

“I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.”

— Andy Warhol

Art

“I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?”

— Andy Warhol

Funny

“What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.”

— Andy Warhol

Great

“Land really is the best art.”

— Andy Warhol

Art

“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

Love

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”

— Andy Warhol

Art

“It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.”

— Andy Warhol

Movies

“My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.”

— Andy Warhol

Famous

“Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.”

— Andy Warhol

Famous

“I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows.”

— Andy Warhol

Home

“Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”

— Andy Warhol

Art

“In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.”

— Andy Warhol

Famous

“Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.”

— Andy Warhol

Best

“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. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.”

— Andy Warhol

Home

“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

Money