Painting Quote by 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

Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

— Jeffrey Deitch

When I was sixteen and knew nothing about art, I sat through almost six hours of Andy Warhol’s Empire. I did not understand it…

— Uta Barth

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

That is what [Andy] Warhol portraits do: They elevate the subject into an icon of the pop culture he was documenting.

— Giorgio Armani

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

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

The most famous living artist in America is Andy Warhol, unfortunately.

— John Heilpern

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

— Claes Oldenburg

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

I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were…

— Lou Reed

“I preferred an artist who transformed his time, not mirrored it." - reference to Andy Warhol”

— Patti Smith