One of my favorite reads is Andy Warhol’s “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol“, but that’s not surprising as he’s one of my favorite artists.

But my love for Warhol does not stem from his gorgeous art. It stems from his gorgeous brain.

In fact, you know that question where they ask you who you would meet if you could meet anyone in the world, dead or alive? I’d choose Andy.

This morning I was thinking I need to listen to Andy more often. He was a wise man.

Andy Warhol on Emotional Stability
I never fall apart, because I never fall together.

Andy Warhol on Anticipation
I really do live for the future, because when I’m eating a box of candy, I can’t wait to taste the last piece. I don’t even taste any of the other pieces, I just want to finish and throw the box away and not have to have it on my mind any more.

Andy Warhol on Getting Inspired
I turn on when I turn off and go to bed. That’s my big moment that I’m always waiting for.

Andy Warhol on What Type of People You Should Surround Yourself With
I really don’t care that much about “Beauties.” What I really like are Talkers. To me, good talkers are beautiful because good talk is what I love. The word itself shows why I like Talkers better than Beauties, why I tape more than I film. It’s not “talkies.” Talkers are doing something. Beauties are being something. Which isn’t necessarily bad, it’s just that I don’t know what it is they’re being. It’s more fun to be with people who are doing things.

Andy Warhol on Space
When I look at things, I always see the space they occupy. I always want the space to reappear, to make a comeback, because it’s lost space when there’s something in it.

Another way to take up more space is with perfume.

Andy Warhol on Losing Weight
But if you do watch your weight, try the Andy Warhol New York City Diet: when I order in a restaurant, I order everything that I don’t want, so I have a lot to play around with while everyone else eats.

Andy Warhol on Machines
I think everybody should be a machine.


Andy Warhol on Words
I’m impressed with people who can create new spaces with the right words. I have word spasms where the parts of some words begin to sound peculiar to me and I sometimes get confused and try to graft other words on top of them. You can never predict what will come out when the words you’re saying start to sound strange to you and you start to patch.

Andy Warhol on the Sense of Smell
Of the five senses, smell has the closest thing to the full power of the past. Smell really is transporting. Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting are just not as powerful as smelling if you want your whole being to go back for a second to something.

Andy Warhol on Meaning and Life

I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

Andy Warhol on Love
The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

Andy Warhol on Getting What You Want
As soon as you stop wanting something you get it. I’ve found it to be absolutely axiomatic.

I was taken by the rawness of this image, because it managed to stop my breath and suffocate me.

I’ve never physically felt the drowning sensation because my mother taught me how to swim at an age too early for me to remember. But sometimes, I feel that mentally.

Fortunately, these days it’s all about cats stuffed in pop tarts that shit rainbows. #yay.

So pretty.

The Amman Street Art Fair is back again this weekend, starting from September 23 to September 27. It’s open from 5 to 10 PM, and is taking place at the Ras Al Ein park, here are the directions:

The Amman Street Art Fair was really fun last year, you can read my review here. This year, there are lots of diverse activities and events:

See you there :)

Shapeways Community member Tristan Bethe created the Shoe Burger for a competition at his work.

“Bit of an unusual project but I created a shoe hamburger with a 3d scan, Shapeways print and a bucket of food safe silicon”

Check out the recipe as Tristan 3D scanned his shoe, made a food safe
silicon mold, poured in some viscous bread mix and baked himself a
shoe.

Via DesignYouTrust