Top 250 Andy Warhol Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”

— Andy Warhol

2. “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.”

— Andy Warhol

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

— Andy Warhol

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4. “Perception precedes reality.”

— Andy Warhol

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5. “As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.”

— Andy Warhol

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6. “Look poor, think rich.”

— Andy Warhol

7. “Art is what you can get away with.”

— Andy Warhol

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8. “Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”

— Andy Warhol

9. “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.”

— Andy Warhol

10. “People should fall in love with their eyes closed.”

— Andy Warhol

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11. “I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.”

— Andy Warhol

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12. “There is beauty in everything, just not everybody sees it.”

— Andy Warhol

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13. “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”

— Andy Warhol

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

— Andy Warhol

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15. “Fashion is more art than art is.”

— Andy Warhol

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16. “Think rich, look poor.”

— Andy Warhol

17. “An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.”

— Andy Warhol

18. “I like boring things.”

— Andy Warhol

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19. “The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting.”

— Andy Warhol

20. “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.”

— Andy Warhol

21. “The world fascinates me.”

— Andy Warhol

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

— Andy Warhol

23. “I learned that you actually have more power when you shut up.”

— Andy Warhol

24. “New things are always better than old things.”

— Andy Warhol

25. “Kiss me with your eyes.”

— Andy Warhol

26. “I am a deeply superficial person.”

— Andy Warhol

27. “You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.”

— Andy Warhol

28. “I want to die with my blue jeans on.”

— Andy Warhol

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29. “But I always say, one’s company, two’s a crowd, and three’s a party.”

— Andy Warhol

30. “You have to do stuff that average people don’t understand because those are the only good things.”

— Andy Warhol

31. “Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy?”

— Andy Warhol

32. “I think everybody should like everybody.”

— Andy Warhol

33. “Pop art is about liking things.”

— Andy Warhol

34. “I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die.”

— Andy Warhol

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35. “Security breeds stagnation.”

— Andy Warhol

36. “The reason I’m painting this way is that I want to be a machine, and I feel that whatever I do and do machine-like is what I want to do.”

— Andy Warhol

37. “Land really is the best art.”

— Andy Warhol

38. “I never fall apart, because I never fall together.”

— Andy Warhol

39. “I’m seeking out a new way to live and if it’s surfing, that’s the way I’ll do it. I’ll be a surfer for the rest of my life.”

— Andy Warhol

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40. “The nicer I am, the more people think I’m lying.”

— Andy Warhol

41. “You have to be willing to get happy about nothing.”

— Andy Warhol

42. “Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.”

— Andy Warhol

43. “Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.”

— Andy Warhol

44. “The most exciting thing is not doing it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, it’s much more exciting.”

— Andy Warhol

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

— Andy Warhol

46. “I don’t want to be smart, because being smart makes you depressed.”

— Andy Warhol

47. “If you’re not trying to be real, you don’t have to get it right. That’s art.”

— Andy Warhol

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48. “Fantasy love is much better than Reality Love.”

— Andy Warhol

49. “I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.”

— Andy Warhol

50. “I wake up every morning. I open my eyes and think: here we go again.”

— Andy Warhol