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Andy Warhol was one of the most important and influential artists that ever lived. He was famous in his own lifetime and is now a legendary person, whose paintings and quotes are used and misused by many. The quote: "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes," is his most famous and therefore most misquoted and misused quote. Andy Warhol was already sick of it in his lifetime and when asked about it, …

…thought that if he was going to wear a wig, he'd surely have a better one- so that must be his real hair."(Colacello, pg. 78) Andy Warhol continued the tradition of Duchamp, was contemporary with Roy Lichtenstein, and is considered by many to be the father of Pop Art. He was a complex person and I doubt if anyone can fully understand why he did what he did and why he painted as he did.