Interview

WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM ANDY?
Irving Blum: The importance of going forward and keeping your focus.

Chris Stein: To relax. That might sound odd, but I always thought that he somehow managed to let things roll off him. and he could be invisible and a celebrity simultaneously.


Diane Von Furstenberg: I think what we all learned from Andy was how he saw our time and how brands became iconography. I believe he saw and understood our period before anyone else!


Susan Blond: After I left work at Interview and started at United Artists records, Andy introduced me as the head of the company. So I always introduce people in the way they'd like to be seen. No one corrects me and says, "actually, I'm just an employee."

Jill Selsman: Always listen, even if it seems like you're not listening, because there are some pretty good ideas out there from the most unlikely sources.

Paloma Picasso: Not to worry if people like you for the wrong reason. just use that energy to build on it.

Sylvia Miles: I realized from Andy that all the parties and all the going out was strictly
for business. practically every job I ever got was from going out.

Nick Rhodes: To Surround yourself with inspirational people.

Robert Hawkins : Graciousness and humility equal beauty. How to paint the "Kinetic Cliché" brushstroke. (Swooshy S- shapes)

John Waters: To always have a sense of humor and to never brag and to make sure to praise what everyone else hates.

Robert Dupont: It's not nice to break up with A boyfriend by leaving a note..

Debbie Harry: To be a good listener.

Francesco Clemente: That Painting is alive. the notion of masterpiece is dead.

Bob Colacello: How to social climb and call it work.

Stephen Shore: I watched him make aesthetic decisions. It was my first real exposure to aesthetic thinking. I also appreciated his sense of detached enjoyment of American culture.

Bebe Buell: That Presentation is key. He was magical in his delivery.

Walter Steding: To have faith.

Jann Wenner: I learned from him how important commerciality was and I also learned what "popular" meant.

Betsey Johnson: He totally inspired me color-wise, pop-wise, quirky-wise, and I tried to do in clothes what he did in art.

Patti D'arbanville: to Sit back and watch.

Viva: I learned that I really need a pack of assistants to get my upcoming Exhibition ready

Bryan Ferry: Always smile at the camera.

Taylor Mead: Don't talk too much!

Gerard Malanga: "A throw of the dice never will abolish chance," to quote Mallarmé. and just to see where it goes. If I had a chance to do it all over, I'd do it the same.

Shelly Fremont: I learned to tell my critics that they were right. I saw Andy do that once to someone who came up to him yelling in his face, telling him he was a phony and a bad artist. he looked straight into that person's face and said, "You're right." It was brilliant. the person couldn't argue. it took the wind out of their sails!

Cornelia Guest: To Be interested in everyone and everything.

Kenny Scharf: I learned a lot from Andy about how to be an artist in this modern world. I think I'm still learning from him.

Ronnie Cutrone: 1) That art is a job like everything else; 2) That romantic love is all illusion; 3) That it's really hard to be famous and that everybody famous must deserve it even if I can't see it; 4) Don't waste time defining art (you can't), Just do it; 5) That there are no bosses-we all serve art if we're good enough to get the job of making it.

Richard Dupont: How to deal with women. I made some great friends from Andy, and that's what I'm really grateful for, friends like Brigid.