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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)

A loosely formed autobiography by Andy Warhol, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachment In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol—which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a co

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

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: say, Words, Speak, Time, Things

“If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you do it every day it’s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it’s not good any more.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Routine, Good Habits

“When you’ve got gray hair, every move you make seems “young” and “spry,” instead of just being normally active.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Grey Hair, Getting Old

“I’m truly embarrassed at the idea of somebody cleaning up after me.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: cleaning

“The difference is that airline stewardessing is a New World job that never had to contend with any class stigmas left over from the Old World peasant-aristocracy syndrome.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Social Stigma

“I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of “work,” because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don’t always want to do.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Life is work, Work

“My conscience won’t let me throw anything out, even when I don’t want it for myself.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: sustainability, garbage, recycle

“I know I should have gone to the pound for a pet, but instead I bought one. It just happened. I saw him and I fell in love with him and I bought him, so there my emotions made me abandon my style.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Adopt don't shop, Love, Dogs, emotions

“Food is my great extravagance.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Foodie, eating out

“There are three things that always look very beautiful to me: my same good pair of old shoes that don’t hurt, my own bedroom, and U.S. Customs on the way back home.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: travel, Patina, My Own Bed, beauty

“Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Art, Money, Business

“I really don’t care that much about “Beauties.” What I really like are Talkers. To me, good talkers are beautiful because good talk is what I love.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: beauty

“Every person has beauty at some point in their lifetime.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: beauty

“Funny people are the only people I ever get really interested in, because as soon as somebody isn’t funny, they bore me.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Love and Relationships

“When I did my self-portrait, I left all the pimples out because you always should. Pimples are a temporary condition and they don’t have anything to do with what you really look like. Always omit the blemishes—they’re not part of the good picture you want.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: beauty, pimples

“People’s fantasies are what give them problems.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Fantasies, Problems

“Makeup is so well-advertised you can’t ignore it completely.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Advertising, beauty, Makeup, Culture and Society

“When you want to be like something, it means you really love it.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Love and Relationships

“Love and sex can go together and sex and unlove can go together and love and unsex can go together. But personal love and personal sex is bad.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Love and Relationships, Sex

“You can be just as faithful to a place or a thing as you can to a person.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Love and Relationships