Quotes by

Andy Warhol

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there — I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. – Andy Warhol

Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, theyll just have to learn how to be babies longer. – 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 dont always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep. – Andy Warhol

Its 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

Id asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, Well, what do you love most? Thats how I started painting money. – Andy Warhol

Im the type whod be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasnt going to. Im the type whod like to sit home and watch every party that Im invited to on a monitor in my bedroom. – Andy Warhol

It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylors finger. – Andy Warhol

Whats great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. – Andy Warhol

I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I dont know. I mean, how can you tell? – Andy Warhol

Im bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is In 15 minutes everybody will be famous. – Andy Warhol

My idea of a good picture is one thats in focus and of a famous person. – Andy Warhol

Isnt life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves? – Andy Warhol

Employees make the best dates. You dont have to pick them up and theyre always tax-deductible. – Andy Warhol

An artist is somebody who produces things that people dont need to have. – Andy Warhol

Im afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. – Andy Warhol

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

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. – Andy Warhol

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

I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows. – Andy Warhol