After a successful career as a commercial artist in the 1950s, Andy Warhol became an avant-garde artist and a film maker at his studio, The Factory, in the 1960s. His iconic images of pop stars (Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali) and American products (Campbell’s soup, Coca Cola) brought him fame. His dictum was “A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.” Warhol is also known for claiming, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Warhol was more entrepreneurial in the 1970s, founding Interview magazine and publishing The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. He said, “Making money is art, and working is art, and good business is the best art.” Read more about Andy Warhol in A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve. (see NOVELS).
