When I think about what sort of person I would most like to have on a retainer, I think it would be a boss. A boss who could tell me what to do, because that makes everything easy when you're working.

I'd rather do new stuff. The old stuff is better to talk about than to see. It always sounds better than it really is.

I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York.

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.

It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor's finger.

Edward Smith: What do you think is the characteristic of a really nice person? Some people you obviously do like more than others. Andy Warhol: Ummm, well, if they talk a lot. ES: What, and don't make you talk? AW: Yeah, yes, that's a really nice person.

Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.