Andy Warhol Artist

Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: Aug 6, 1928
Died: Feb 22, 1987

Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.

Warhol's art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death. He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. He managed and produced the Velvet Underground, a rock band which had a strong influence on the evolution of punk rock music. He is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement.

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

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

It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor's finger. greatness

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

Land really is the best art. art, best & nature

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.' fame

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. fame & the future

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

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

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. art, best, business, being good & money

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

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. art, best, business, being good & money

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. fame

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

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

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves? change

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

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

Andy Warhol Artist

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025