Warhol Quotes · Page 5

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an IQ of 60.

— Gore Vidal

I think his portraits of Jackie, Liz, Marilyn, Mao, Elvis, Lenin - and objects like the soup cans, the dollar signs, the…

— Bob Colacello

You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the…

— Barbara Kruger

I wasn't an expert or even the biggest Dennis Hopper fan in the world. All I knew about him were through his…

— Tom Folsom

I believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum…

— Dylan McDermott

Warhol is the pre-Helnwein.

— Gottfried Helnwein

His [Andy warhol] films were way ahead of the times...and I'm not suggesting this has all necessarily been a good thing for…

— Bob Colacello

One thing about Andy Warhol that was remarkable and also key to his widespread appeal is that he was so open! He…

— Bob Colacello

I'd like to think, that were he alive today, Warhol would be painting the Housewives.

— Andy Cohen

I just do art because I’m ugly and there’s nothing else for me to do.

— Andy Warhol

I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Andy Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture. I do…

— Damian Loeb

Warhol was definitely an inspiration when I was younger. I wouldn't quantify his sort of influence. I've been influenced by nature and…

— Dustin Yellin

Andy [Warhol] put on his fey kind of act, but he wanted to be number one and he succeeded. But you never…

— Bob Colacello

I never heard my mom say, "Not now, I'm busy." But I did have extraordinary experiences that I'm very aware were extraordinary.…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

Andy [Warhol] was on the scene, but he wasn't an artist at first; he was more an illustrator. He was always surrounded…

— Claes Oldenburg

Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

— Jeffrey Deitch

When I first came to New York, in the '70s, artists were certainly divided about the Andy Warhol persona, and about the…

— Laurie Simmons

You know what Andy Warhol's sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell's Soup a household word.

— Alan Arkin

There is a danger in becoming an icon, as people can see you as remote and untouchable, and they are less willing…

— Giorgio Armani

A number of artists have done things with Mickey Mouse - including Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. He's such an American symbol,…

— Roy Lichtenstein

Perhaps the rhinos and she-crocodiles whose gyrations between Mortimer's and East Hampton gives us our vision of social eminence today are content…

— Robert Hughes

Appropriation was the language of my generation in many ways. It came out of Duchamp, Warhol, Johns, Lichtenstein.

— Deborah Kass

In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than all the pages in War…

— Anonymous

Warhol was the ultimate voyeur, constantly observing people through the lens. He watched and listened, but did not participate. Behind the camera,…

— Alison Jackson

Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest,…

— Barbara Kruger