The 68 best quotes by Andy Warhol, the father of Pop Art.

He was one of the most controversial artists, he expressed the evolution of consumer society.

Many are the phrases of Andy Warhol that, throughout his life and career as an artist, have remained for history. This American creator, famous for being one of the fathers of Pop Art, wanted to project what concerned the ordinary citizen, to reflect the tastes of society and to promote criticism of the American consumerist model.

Andy Warhol's most famous phrases

His real name was Andrew Warhola, and he left no one indifferent. From a Slovakian emigrant family who came to the United States of America fleeing from the constant conflicts on European soil, this author grew up and studied for and for art.He specialized in plastic painting and decided to question the dominant paradigm through his works.

Here are some of Andy Warhol's most outstanding phrases to understand how one of the most important figures of modernist art thought.

1. In Europe people like to trade. Americans are not so interested in selling. What they really like is to buy.

Andy Warhol was inspired by the rise of American consumerism to develop his art.

2. You have to do things that ordinary people don't understand because those are the only good things.

If you want to surprise, you have to do something different.

3. I've decided to trade really stinky things. They would immediately become a success in a mass market that sucks.

Another demonstration of the consumer model that was spreading in the developed world in the early in the developed world, in the early days of the welfare state.

4. Buying is much more American than thinking

A harsh critique of American society.

5. I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.

Destiny can end up being what we didn't expect.

6. Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job

Andy always wanted to keep his feet on the ground despite his overwhelming success.

7. I don't call myself a director, it's the film that directs itself.

Everything the author did, he did with passion and naturalness..

8. I decided to make only conventional films with many plants

He always wanted to get out of the commercial trend.

9. I consider any photograph taken by a camera to be good.

Andy Warhol did not specialize in his art. He was always looking for something different.

10. I think I read too many comic books

As is often the case with many graphic artists, he was inspired by comic books.

11. It is complex to reflect things as they are today and the way they really happen.

To capture reality with art is complex.

12. I think women are better than men

A good way to highlight the moral qualities of women, very questioned in the mid-twentieth century.

13. The city is much better in summer

As in any place, summer is always a time of good feelings.

14. I don't say bad words

Correctness in dealing with others was something that characterized him on most occasions.

15. I was always more interested in the old "Factory". There was a better vibe there

Andy Warhol was inspired by the old school to create the modern one.

16. I have a social disease. I have to go out every night

One of Andy Warhol's phrases that reflect his way of living leisure.

17. The world fascinates me

Warhol was always observing and analyzing what was around him.

18. Inspiration is television

Telecommunications, and television in particular, was a revolutionary product in its time.

19. I don't see anything wrong with being alone, it feels very good to me.

To know how to be alone is to love oneself.

20. I hate museums because they make things that don't really mean anything seem important.

Very critical of a rather homogeneous system of culture worldwide.

21. I simply ran out of ideas

Like all artists, inspiration fades over the years.

22. I simply give them a reason for the magazine cover and then run off to hide again.

To surprise, to attract attention, was what Andy Warhol was always after.

23. Most of my time is trying to wake up in the "morning".

I was not a good early riser.

24. Working is what inspires me to keep going.

He was a very dedicated person and very dedicated to his own cause.

25. I always wanted to make things look one way, I never thought it would turn out this way.

Sometimes things turn out the way we didn't plan them.

26. I'm just trying to make people remember those people for who they really were.

Reaching out to the ordinary citizen, to the ordinary people, was the ultimate goal of this artist.

27. I want people to remember that which they worked for and adored

Mass art was how this man's project was defined.

28. I don't want to make the world a self-destructive place, I just want to make it a better place.

Criticism and satire are the best remedy to evolve.

29. I want people to buy my work, analyze it, study it, keep it, and then sell it.

More than commercial success, Andy Warhol was looking for social success.

30. I believe that everything should be recycled, even my art.

I was already a man ahead of his time.

31. All my films are comedy

He often tried to put a touch of humor in his work, even if sometimes it didn't seem so.

32. We went out to buy some meat in California, I bought a camera, and that's how my films began.

It was chance that made Andy Warhol a great artist.

33. I don't call myself a genius, things just come to me without thinking.

Warhol always avoided the evils of fame.

34. As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.

Obsession denies desire.

35. The idea is not to live forever, it's to create something that will do it

His works still endure in timeand are a model for future generations to follow.

36. It is not what you are that counts, it is what you think you are.

We have to be what we think we are.

37. Beauty is a sign of intelligence

Curious phrase that related two concepts so metaphysically different.

38. Communicating is a fairly simple art. What can be devilishly difficult is to get people to listen to you.

You can be a good artist and not be successful. You have to know how to reach people.

39. Making money is art and work is art and a good business is the best art.

It is not easy to make money even if you are a good artist.

40. People should fall in love with their eyes closed

This phrase of Warhol's referred to the fact that the physical image prevails over the emotional.

41. I don't want to be intelligent, because being intelligent makes you depressed.

Strong phrase of the artist.

42. The earth is really the best art

Andy Warhol was a defender of Mother Nature.

43. Everyone needs a fantasy

Life is too serious not to indulge in illusion.

44. If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to do it right. That's art

Art defined it as something out of our everyday lifeas something fanciful.

Don't pay attention to what people write about you. Just measure it in inches

A very subtle way to fit the opinions of others.

46. Commercial art is much better than art for art's sake.

He was an artist, but also a great businessman. He made what he sold.

47. I want to be a machine

Andy Warhol often criticized the complexity of rational human beings.

48. I am a deeply superficial person

With this sentence he acknowledges that he was no devotee of art either.

49. I believe that everyone should be kind to everyone.

Being kind to the people around us will bring us well-being.

50. I wonder if it is possible to have a love story that lasts forever.

Another phrase that unearths the mysteries of love between two people.

51. They always say that time changes things, but in fact you have to change them yourself.

It all depends on us, not on circumstances.

52. An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have.

This sentence reaffirms the idea of how commercial art can be.

53. I think it would be great if everyone were the same.

Andy Warhol was so contradictory at times.

54. It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop.

You have to keep going, always.

55. I'm afraid to feel happy because it never lasts.

Are we more prepared to suffer than to enjoy?

56. The most thrilling attractions are between two opposites that never meet

The emotion is in the different of things, according to this phrase.

57. With my trembling hand I would have become a natural artist.

Andy Warhol had some difficulties in his extremes.

58. In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

A more than accurate prediction. Social networks are a good example.

59. Pop art is for everyone

As if it were a political party, Andy did what people wanted to see.

60. Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy?

This sentence emphasizes the unhappiness of human beings.

61. Art is what you can get away with.

Curious way of defining art with this phrase.

62. I believe that everyone should like everyone else.

Love for others was an important point for Warhol.

63. I never think people die. They just go to department stores.

This phrase by Andy Warhol describes what his concept of life after death meant to the artist.

65. I want people to buy my work, analyze it, study it, keep it and then sell it.

This is how particular the artist was when explaining his motivations.

66. I believe that everything should be recycled, even my art.

Nothing lasts or should last forever.

67. All my films are comedy

He briefly dedicated himself to the world of cinema.

68. We went out to buy some meat in California, I bought a camera and that's how my films began.

Curious phrase to explain his beginnings in show business.