Andy Warhol: How I Started Painting Money

Posted by admin on Saturday, May 21, 2016

Andy Warhol Money Quote saying very simply pay attention to what you love more than anything. Andy Warhol said:
 

 

“I’d asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, ‘Well, what do you love most?’ That’s how I started painting money” — Andy Warhol

 

 

This quote from Andy Warhol suggests that he began painting money not due to any pre-existing interest in currency itself, but because money represented what he personally loved most – which was material wealth and status symbols.

The best interpretation is that when directly asked about his passions, Warhol realized that money epitomized luxury, power and the glamour of consumer culture that fascinated him. So by painting images of cash and coins, he found a way to visually explore his attraction to money and all it symbolized in society.

The quote paints Warhol’s money-focused artworks as less about currency per se and more about using its image to filter his own fascination with affluence, capitalism and popular culture through his unique artistic lens.

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