Interview

WHAT DID ANDY LEARN FROM YOU?
Walter Steding: That you can correct colors even after they've dried.

Benjamin Liu: Not all Asians are  like Yoko Ono.

Ivan Karp: That he need not employ Abstract Expressionist conventions in his paintings, such as dripping, and to pursue the emblematic only.

John Wilcock: I once said to him, fresh from an argument with my then-wife, Amber: "Andy, somebody should make a movie with three screens showing simultaneously: his story; her story; and the analyst's tale." Split screens were not unheard of, but Chelsea Girls was filmed after that comment and not before. Over the years I have noticed echoes of other things I said. Andy was like all true poets-Bad poets imitate, good poets steal. He incorporated ideas from everywhere and everyone.

Bob Colacello: English.

Kenny Scharf: how important his touch was on the canvas---that I wanted to see HIS handwork.

Irving Blum: The importance of going forward and keeping your focus.

Vincent Fremont: That he could trust me and that I would always be there for him.

Francesco Clemente: From my generation, that it was okay to trace by hand again.
John Waters: Maybe Bad?

Billy Sullivan: Nothing, except the embellished details of my life.

Robert Dupont: The recipe for Martha Stewart's choc chip cookies that I had from when I worked for her. he loved them.

Nick Rhodes: What was happening in London. Andy liked to consume as much information as possible as quickly as possible. He came to our recording studio, to rehearsals, to the MTV studios, to anywhere he was invited and occasionally places he wasn't. but he was always welcome and thrilled to be part of whatever was going on, even if it was just ordering takeaway. Somehow, Andy managed to extract the essence from any situation, and, for me, that was one of his remarkable talents.

Ultra Violet: I taught him how to hold his fork and knife and how to speak with a mouthful.

Jay Johnson: I think that my relationship with my brother, which was so strong and loving, and my relationship with Tom showed Andy how it was possible to be more emotionally involved with others.

Tom Cashin: He realized how much I loved Jay, And that a relationship isn't only about sharing the good times.

Taylor Mead: React!

Cornelia Guest: Horses. He loved coming to horse shows to watch me ride and he would always ask the most interesting questions.

Chris Stein: About knives.

Anton Perich: I think that he learned from me about night-life photography and cable TV. I did both years before he did.

John Reinhold: Andy learned about diamonds and jewelry from me. He also learned how I was able to live simultaneously in different worlds.

Ivy Nicholson: He learned that a woman could love him. He once told me that he loved me more than his male friends because I was more masculine than them.

Jann Wenner: I guess he learned interview from me. When he put it out, he said it was a tribute to Rolling Stone.