Generations Quote by Ai Weiwei

Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

— Ai Weiwei

Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of the few…

— Ai Weiwei

Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't…

— Barbara Kruger

I love Andy Warhol!

— Anton Yelchin

If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I…

— Andy Warhol

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

— Laurie Simmons

Warhol is the pre-Helnwein.

— Gottfried Helnwein

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

— Bob Colacello

Warhol had resonance because it was high art and low art. And you could argue about it endlessly.

— James Murphy

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

— Barbara Kruger

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

— Bob Colacello

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

— Bob Colacello