The pop artists did images that anybody walking down Broadway could recognize in a split second — comics, picnic tables, men’s trousers, celebrities, shower curtains, refrigerators, Coke bottles. All the great modern things that the Abstract Expressionists tried not to notice at all.

Andy Warhol

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There is beauty in everything, Just not everybody sees it by Andy Warhol

There is beauty in everything, Just not everybody sees it

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

creativity hate art

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even whe... by Andy Warhol

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.

i-hate-you photography inspirational

You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because... by Andy Warhol

You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.

being-different average people

Perception precedes reality. by Andy Warhol

Perception precedes reality.

perception reality

Art is what you can get away with. by Andy Warhol

Art is what you can get away with.

creativity freedom art

People are always so boring when they band together. You have to be alone to develop all the idiosyncrasies that make a person interesting.

together people interesting

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to cha... by Andy Warhol

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

change inspirational life

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselv... by Andy Warhol

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

commercial-art artist war

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.

change want people

Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.

commercial-art baby war

Everything will be art and nothing will be art, because everythin... by Andy Warhol

Everything will be art and nothing will be art, because everything, as I believe, already is.

i-believe believe art

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.

photographer littles thinking

I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die by Andy Warhol

I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die

want pot heaven

A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I tak... by Andy Warhol

A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary.

photographer diaries mean

You need to let little things that would ordinarily bore you sudd... by Andy Warhol

You need to let little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.

bores-you boredom needs

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what.

break-up change years

It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are. by Andy Warhol

It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.

photographer thinking

I've always thought that the President could do so much here to help change images. If the President would go into a public bathroom in the Capitol, and have the TV cameras film him cleaning the toilets and saying 'Why not? Somebody's got to do it!' then that would do so much for the morale of the people who do the wonderful job of keeping the toilets clean. I mean, it is a wonderful thing that they're doing.

jobs mean people

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.

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