Quotes by Andy Warhol

“Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someones got to take care of all your details.”

“Dont pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”

“People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually its the way things happen to you in life thats unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, its like watching television -- you dont feel anything.”

“I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.”

“Im afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.”

“The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.”

“I am a deeply superficial person.”

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

“Isnt life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?”

“Ill endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound equipment, ROCK N ROLL RECORDS, anything, film, and film equipment, Food, Helium, Whips, MONEY!!”

“It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylors finger.”

“I always thought Id like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, Id like it to say figment.”

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

“During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I dont think theyve ever remembered.”

“I like boring things.”

“An artist is someone who produces things that people dont need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.”

“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.”

“Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.”

“Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets.”

“The most exciting thing is not doing it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, its much more exciting.”