Andy Warhol, 1928 - 1987
Born: 6 August 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: 22 February 1987, New York City
Born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburg's Soho neighborhood, he attended Holmes Elementary and Schenley High School, then trained in commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University), graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Pictorial Design. He started his career as a magazine illustrator at Manhattan, developing a large following of major advertisers and developing a style based on photography. His first Pop work based on comics and ads came in 1961, with the Campbell's Soup Cans coming the next year. As he moved into fine art he established The Factory which served both as the production center for his arts and prints but a gathering place for various music and fashion stars. He started making films in 1963 and sculpture in 1964. In 1968 a writer who had appeared in one of his films came into his studio and shot him in the chest, requiring a five-hour surgery. Warhol focused on celebrities and cultural icons, and he was comfortable with street people, intellectuals, Hollywood personalities, musicians, aristocrats, and politicians. He died in his sleep while recovering from a routine gallbladder surgery.
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- A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary. permalink
Andy Warhol - Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it's exciting, and if you do it every day it's exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it's not good any more. permalink
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. permalink
Andy Warhol - Andy Warhol: In His Own Words, Kristine Stiles (1996) - Art is what you can get away with. permalink
Andy Warhol - Bad taste makes the day go by faster. permalink
Andy Warhol - Beauty is a sign of intelligence. permalink
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. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. permalink
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. permalink
Andy Warhol - The Philosophy of Andy Warhol:From A to B and Back Again (1975) - Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.... Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. permalink
Andy Warhol - The Philosophy of Andy Warhol:From A to B and Back Again (1975) - But I always say, one's company, two's a crowd, and three's a party. permalink
Andy Warhol - Buying is much more American than thinking and I'm as American as they come. permalink
Andy Warhol - Death means a lot of money, honey. Death can really make you look like a star. permalink
Andy Warhol - Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. permalink
Andy Warhol - Drag queens are living testimony to the way women used to be to be, the way some people still want them to be, and the way some women will actually want to be. Drags are ambulatory archives of ideal moviestar womanhood. They perform a documentary service, usually consecrating their lives to keeping the glittering alternative alive and available for (not-too-close) inspection. permalink
Andy Warhol - During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I don't think they've ever remembered. permalink
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