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Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement, known for his distinctive screen printing and repetition of images. Born on August 6, 1928, and passing away on February 22, 1987, Warhol's work spanned various fields including painting, photography, film, music, and commercial design, profoundly impacting the art and culture of the 20th century.

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“I do mostly portraits. So it's just people's faces, not really any ideas.”

People Ideas Faces Portraits

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“What I've always wished I'd invented was paper underwear, even knowing that the idea never took off when they did come out with it. I still think it's a good idea, and I don't know why people resist it when they've accepted paper napkins and paper plates and paper curtains and paper towels-it would make more sense not to have to wash out underwear than not to have to wash out towels.”

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“My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. People are only glamorous if you don't see them. Like the movies used to make people years ago. There is something about people on screen that makes them so special; when you see them in person, they are so different and the whole illusion is gone.”

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“Looking younger and being younger is the adolescence idea.”

Ideas Adolescence

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

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Book:Andy Warhol's exposures

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

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Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

“An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.”

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“Everybody has a different idea of love. One girl I know said, "I knew he loved me when de didn't come in my mouth.”

Knows Said Ideas Different Girl Mouths Different Ideas

Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

“The idea of America is so wonderful because the more equal something is, the more American it is”

Ideas America Wonderful Equal

Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

“I really believe in empty spaces, although, as an artist, I make a lot of junk. Empty space is never-wasted space. Wasted space is any space that has art in it. An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them.”

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“The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will”

Inspirational Ideas Forever Live Forever

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“I think anybody can take a good picture. My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous. It's being in the right place at the wrong time.”

Thinking Persons Ideas Focus Right Place Wrong Time

Book:Andy Warhol photography : the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Hamburg Kunsthalle

Source: Andy Warhol photography : the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Hamburg Kunsthalle

“What I was actually trying to do in my early movies was show how people can meet other people and what they can do and what they can say to each other. That was the whole idea: two people getting acquainted.”

People Trying Two Ideas Whole Shows Can Do

Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

About the Author

Born: August 6, 1928
Died: February 22, 1987
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 351

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