Andrew Warhol, better known as Andy Warhol, was an artist, author, intellectual and socialite from the United States, who is known as one of the most influential exponents of pop art and was regarded as one of the icons of the 1960s. Warhol attended the art course at University of Pittsburgh, before going on to gain his post graduate degree in commercial art from Carnegie Institute of Technology and found success as a commercial artist, designing magazine illustration. He also worked in advertising. However, he became far more famous when he became an artist later on and was particularly known for his rather controversial artistic tendencies. Warhol was adept at a variety of illustration techniques including hand drawing, simple painting, printmaking, silk screening and photography among others. On the other hand, he was one of the leading socialites of his era, who established Interview magazine and also authored two noted books titled, ‘Popism-The Warhol Sixties’ and ‘The Philosophy of Andy Warhol’. He was also friends with some of the biggest names in Hollywood and his studio was a favourite haunt of the who’s who of American entertainment. Here are some of the most interesting quotes by 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.
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. 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.
Everyone winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight.
Andy Warhol
The mystery was gone but the amazement was just starting.
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.
There are beautiful sounds in rock. Very lazy, dreamlike noises. You can forget about the lyrics in most songs. Just dig the noise, and you've got your sound...We're musical primitives.
It's the movies that have 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.
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.
If something's going to happen for you, it will, you can't make it happen. And it never does happen until you're past the point where you care whether it happens or not.
