“In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes.”

— Andy Warhol

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)

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