“In the future everyone will have their fifteen minutes of fame”
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist
When asked about this quote, he would corrupt it intentionally, including:
1968 - 1974
1968 - 1974
“In the future everyone will have their fifteen minutes of fame”
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist
When asked about this quote, he would corrupt it intentionally, including:
1968 - 1974
“In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes.”
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist
1968 - 1974
This quotation has produced a common cliché about fame in pop-culture which is called "15 minutes of fame"; it has often been paraphrased or misquoted in various ways
Source: Catalogue of an exhibition of his art in Stockholm, Sweden (1968)
Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor
Wired Magazine article http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/colbert.html (14 August 2006) <br class="br">Context: Get your own entry in an encyclopedia... In the media age, everybody was famous for 15 minutes. In the Wikipedia age, everybody can be an expert in five minutes. Special bonus: You can edit your own entry to make yourself seem even smarter.
Burton Rascoe (1892–1957) American writer
"Contemporary Reminiscences" in Arts & Decoration, Vol. 26 (1927), p. 50
“To appreciate heaven well
'T is good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) poet.
Gone with a handsomer Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)
As quoted in The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 1917–1923 (1946) by Josephus Daniels, p. 624. Referenced in "Bartleby.com" http://www.bartleby.com/73/1288.html <br class="br">1920s and later