Andy Warhol > Quotes

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
― Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”
― Andy Warhol

“People should fall in love with their eyes closed.”
― Andy Warhol

“When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to, just like when they do want to, you can't stop them.”
― Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol in His Own Words

“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.”
― Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

“Art is what you can get away with.”
― Andy Warhol

“As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.”
― Andy Warhol

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

“The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting”
― Andy Warhol

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
― Andy Warhol

“I never fall apart, because I never fall together.”
― Andy Warhol

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

“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.”
― Andy Warhol

“You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.”
― Andy Warhol

“I wonder if it's possible to have a love affair that lasts forever.”
― Andy Warhol

“Beauty is a sign of intelligence.”
― Andy Warhol

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.”
― Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol, Thirty Are Better Than One

“I think everybody should be nice to everybody.”
― Andy Warhol

“Everybody must have a fantasy.”
― Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

“Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.”
― Andy Warhol

“Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.”
― Andy Warhol

“I just do art because I’m ugly and there’s nothing else for me to do.”
― Andy Warhol

“People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like you're watching television -- you don't feel anything.”
― Andy Warhol

“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”
― Andy Warhol

“It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.”
― Andy Warhol

“I like to be the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place. Being the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place is worth it because something interesting always happens.”
― Andy Warhol

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

“I like boring things.”
― Andy Warhol

“I'm not afraid to die; I just don't want to be there when it happens”
― Andy Warhol

“A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary.”
― Andy Warhol