The above quote is from Marc Jacobs from this months Interview. I know I spoke about Glenn O’Brien’s return to the magazine that Warhol founded just recently. In fact it becomes even harder (or easier) to talk about because this issue is all about Warhol – some of you may know that I’m currently going through a bit of a “Factory Phase” (for lack of anything else to say).
I’m drawn to this quote because in my mind it perfectly illustrates Warhols entire artistic oeuvre. When you really start to think about this its really obvious (to me anyway) – his desire to be among the wealthy (and unwillingness to rock the social structure thereof), his straight-forward (some would say deadpan) approach to the subjects he created, and his easy, almost ridiculously simple answers to questions about his work, in effect he was (still is?) respectful and disrespectful.
And I think that is the main thing that drive people crazy about him.
And I think that is the main thing that people love about him.
Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1986