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Andy Warhol quotes

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“People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's...” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“I believe in low lights and trick mirrors.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“People's fantasies are what give them problems. If you didn't have fantasies you wouldn't have problems because you'd just take whatever was there.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“I never fall apart because I never fall together.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“I've never met a person I couldn't call a beauty.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“During the 60s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I don't think they've ever remembered.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, 'So what.'” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets anyway.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“As soon as you stop wanting something you get it.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“It's better to always wear the same thing and know that people are liking you for the real you and not the you your clothes make.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“The most exciting thing is not-doing-it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, it's much more exciting.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Sex is nostalgia for sex.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“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.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz...” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person good-night.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. People are working every minute. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“I wonder if it's possible to have a love affair that lasts forever.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there—I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“I always run into strong women who are looking for weak men to dominate them.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“the idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“usually being the right thing in the wrong space and the wrong thing in the right space is worth it, because something funny always happens.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“I wake up every morning. I open my eyes and think: here we go again.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“eyeglasses standardize everyone's vision to 20-20. That's an example of everyone becoming more alike. Everyone could be seeing at different levels if it weren't for glasses.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“If I ever have to cast an acting role, I want the wrong person for the part. I can never visualize the right person in a part. The right person for the right part would be too much.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“The 70s are very empty When I got my first TV set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships with other people.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“After being alive, the next hardest work is having sex.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

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