WIST Quotations

Warhol, Andy -- POPism: The Warhol Sixties, “1965” (1980) [with Pat Hackett]

Dave — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 23:54:45 +0000

When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American artist, author
POPism: The Warhol Sixties, “1965” (1980) [with Pat Hackett]
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Regarding drug and alcohol use.

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

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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 (1928-1987) American artist, author
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

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

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

The moment you label something, you take a step — I mean, you can never go back again to seeing it unlabelled.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American artist, author
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

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

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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 know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American artist, author
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again