Quotes for All
Well, it wasn’t really a decision on my part although you always hope as an author that a book that goes out of print somehow winds up back in print. These days publishers like to put out-of-print books into e-book form, but I really wanted to do an update. Bob Colacello
I could write an entirely new book about Andy Warhol, but I don’t think I will. I certainly don’t think Nancy Reagan would like that, as she’s been patiently waiting for Volume 2 of my chronicle of the life of her and Ronnie. Bob Colacello
Fortunately I had a great intern who did a lot of the research on Andy’s prices, which of course are phenomenal, but getting them straight – you know, he’s reached this $100million plateau that only a handful of other artists have reached, which puts him in the company of Cezanne, Klimt, Picasso, and such. Bob … Read more
And out of the blue, I got a call from an editor friend at Knopf and she said that they were interested in putting out an update for their vintage paperback line. So I was more than thrilled and it was suggested that perhaps I could do a 1,000 word new introduction covering what’s happened … Read more
Andy [Warhol] put on his fey kind of act, but he wanted to be number one and he succeeded. But you never know. Fifty years from now he might not be seen as so important, but the way our whole culture has gone, and the way it continues to go, is his way – for … Read more
It’s been so long now and so much has happened that I am able now to look back with much less emotion and my take on Andy as an artist now comes down to a simple sentence: he made religious art for a secular society which is why it has so much appeal. Bob Colacello
Very few people actually saw Andy’s films like Chelsea Girls where he filmed seven hours, ran it on two screens, where each scene was in a different room at the Chelsea Hotel with these people he called ‘Superstars” who were basically super-exhibitionists – the guy in one room high on LSD talking about masturbation, Brigid … Read more
His [Andy warhol] films were way ahead of the times…and I’m not suggesting this has all necessarily been a good thing for America, mind you. I kind of think we’re all in a really big mess, kind of like the end days of the Roman Empire. Bob Colacello
One thing about Andy Warhol that was remarkable and also key to his widespread appeal is that he was so open! He would get on the phone and talk to the kid who called to say he was a fan – you know, Andy would walk from his house every morning down to the Factory … Read more
Well that’s what Andy wore to bed. You know, the oxford button-down Brooks Brothers shirt that he’s been wearing all day and his big long socks. He’d just take off his jeans and his boots and go to bed. Then he’d change into a fresh ensemble after he had breakfast the next morning. Bob Colacello