Andy Warhol

Pop art

Modern influential 195 sayings

Sayings by Andy Warhol

I think it would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a big ring on Elizabeth Taylor's finger.

1975 — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

I don't know where the artificial stops and the real starts.

1960s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

I'm a very social person, but I don't like to talk.

1970s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I really don't have anything to say. I'm just here to look good.

Undated — Attributed, often said at public appearances
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The more you look at the same thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel.

1960s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I like money on the wall. Say you were going to buy a $200,000 painting. I think you should take that money, tie it up, and hang it on the wall. Then when someone visits, the first thing they see is the money on the wall.

1975 — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I think an artist is anybody who does something well, like if you cook well.

1970s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

Undated — Attributed, often cited in discussions of his artistic philosophy
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I want to be like a machine.

1960s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

I'd prefer to remain a mystery. I'm just a shy person.

1960s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, and everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'

1975 — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I decided that I wasn't going to spend my life doing something I didn't want to do.

1960s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I like to be alone. I'm not a social person.

1970s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything should just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there.

1975 (The Philosophy of Andy Warhol) — Interview/Philosophical statement
Controversial Confirmed

Sex is the biggest nothing of all time.

1975 (The Philosophy of Andy Warhol) — Interview/Philosophical statement
Controversial Unverifiable

What's great about this country is America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too.

1975 (The Philosophy of Andy Warhol) — Interview/Philosophical statement
Controversial Unverifiable

I'd prefer to remain a mystery. I never give my background, and, anyway, I make it all up different every time I'm asked.

Undated, widely attributed 1960s-1970s — Interview
Controversial Unverifiable

When I look around today, the biggest anachronism I see is pregnancy.

1975 — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
Controversial Unverifiable

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.

1975 — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
Controversial Unverifiable

I have Social Disease.

1975 — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
Controversial Unverifiable