Given the Super Bowl’s lackluster performance, I found some strange excitement in Burger King’s #EatlikeAndy ad taken from the 1982 film 66 Scenes from America. The original clip shows Warhol chewing on a Whopper for a good four minutes. According to fast-food aficionado Bill Oakley, Warhold had originally requested a McDonald’s burger. While you can’t […]
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‘In the future, everyone will want to be anonymous for fifteen minutes’
Banksy reversed the Warhol quote so it fits today’s weather. “In the future, everyone will want to be anonymous for fifteen minutes.” Banksy “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Andy Warhol Needless to say, social media changed things. Going off the grid will be the new luxury. You may also like:
‘My idea of a good picture is one of a famous person doing something unfamous’
My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous. It’s being in the right place at the wrong time. Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol’s exposures You may also like:
Andy Warhol: ‘As soon as you stop wanting something you get it’
“At the times in my life when I was feeling the most gregarious and looking for bosom friendships, I couldn’t find any takers, so that exactly when I was alone was when I felt the most like not being alone. The moment I decided I’d rather be alone and not have anyone telling me their […]
The more authors a piece has, the less people like it
But in traditionally solitary art forms like painting and poetry, the more creators a piece has, the less quality it is perceived to have. It turns out that there’s a greater chance someone will like your picture or poems if you write them yourself. Who said art was a team game? You may also like:
For the Love of Being ‘Liked’
While getting lots of likes or retweets feels great, the feeling of rejection from not getting them is often greater. Everybody wants to be naked and famous. You may also like: