Andy Warhol Quotes

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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.

Andy Warhol
I don't know anybody who doesn't have a fantasy. Everybody must have a fantasy.

Andy Warhol
Among other things, drag queens are living testimony to the way women used to want to be, the way some people still want them to be, and the way some women still actually want to be. Drags are ambulatory archives of ideal moviestar womanhood. They perform a documentary service, usually consecrating their lives to keeping the glittering alternative alive and available for (not-too-close) inspection.

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

Andy Warhol
I like to work when I'm not working - do something that may not be considered work, but to me it's work. Getting exercise by going to the grocery store.

Andy Warhol
What we're all looking for is someone who doesn't live there, just pays for it.

Andy Warhol
If you can convince yourself that you look fabulous, you can save yourself the trouble of primping.

Andy Warhol
I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York.

Andy Warhol