“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

— Andy Warhol , book The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

Source: 1975, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975), Ch. 7: Time
Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

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