“He was, as Billy Name said in the acclaimed Ric Burns documentary about Andy Warhol, uninterested in being a second-tier artist. He was uninterested in being a first-tier artist! He wanted to be, you know, a god. Someone who completely changed the...he wanted to be Zeus with the lightning bolt and nothing less would have satisfied him.” KnowsFirstsSaidWantedArtistNamesChangedSatisfiedBe YouLightningDocumentariesBoltsZeusWarholUninterestedLightning Bolts Author:Bob Colacello
“Fortunately I had a great intern who did a lot of the research on Andy's prices, which of course are phenomenal, but getting them straight - you know, he's reached this $100million plateau that only a handful of other artists have reached, which puts him in the company of Cezanne, Klimt, Picasso, and such.” KnowsArtistCoursesCompanyResearchHandfulPhenomenalCezanne Author:Bob Colacello
“It's been so long now and so much has happened that I am able now to look back with much less emotion and my take on Andy as an artist now comes down to a simple sentence: he made religious art for a secular society which is why it has so much appeal.” LooksLongArtMadeAbleArtistReligiousSimpleEmotionHappenedSentencesAppealsSecularSecular SocietyReligious Art Author:Bob Colacello
“A lot of people found themselves working at the Factory and some even in his bed as a result of random occurrences like your call. Most famous artists have never been all that interested in meeting strangers. That was not the case with Andy Warhol at all.” PeopleArtistFoundResultsCasesLike YouBedMeetingsStrangerFactoriesFamous ArtistWarhol Author:Bob Colacello
