
film director
Artista americano, diretor de cinema e produtor (1928–1987)
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“(You wouldn't believe how many people will hang up a picture of an electric chair? especially if it matches the color of their curtains.)”
“I can never get over when you're on the beach how beautiful the sand looks and the water washes it away and straightens it up and the trees and the grass all look great. I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”
“The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet.”
“I really believe in empty spaces, although, as an artist, I make a lot of junk. Empty space is never-wasted space. Wasted space is any space that has art in it. 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.”
“I think somebody should be able to do all my paintings for me.”
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Andy Warhol foi um artista e cineasta americano. Amplamente considerado o artista mais importante da segunda metade do século XX, a prática de Warhol abrangeu várias mídias, incluindo pintura, cinema, fotografia, publicação e arte performática. Uma figura de destaque no movimento de arte Pop, seu trabalho explora a relação entre publicidade, consumismo, mídia de massa e cultura de celebridade. Sua adoção da reprodução mecânica desafiou as fronteiras tradicionais entre alta e baixa cultura. Ele também é creditado por popularizar a expressão "15 minutes of fame."
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