# Andy Warhol's most famous quotes (with sources)

Fifteen minutes of fame, "a Coke is a Coke" and business as the best art: the most quoted lines of Andy Warhol, from his 1960s interviews and The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, each with its source.

- 81 votes · 13 items
- Jul 4, 2021 · Grace Morris
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## Top 13

1. **In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Catalogue of his exhibition at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm (1968).
2. **A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).
3. **Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).
4. **If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface; of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it.** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Interview with Gretchen Berg (1967).
5. **The reason I'm painting this way is that I want to be a machine.** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Interview in Art News, "What Is Pop Art?" (1963).
6. **I think everybody should like everybody.** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Interview in Art News, "What Is Pop Art?" (1963).
7. **They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).
8. **Empty space is never-wasted space. Wasted space is any space that has art in it.** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).
9. **Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).
10. **The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's.** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).
11. **An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them.** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).
12. **I've never met a person I couldn't call a beauty.** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).
13. **Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job.** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975).

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