I really do live for the future, because when I'm eating a box of candy, I can't wait to taste the last piece.
Andy WarholRead
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art
Interpretation
Successful business practices can be viewed as a form of art.
Andy Warhol suggests that excelling in business is not merely about profit but involves creativity and skill, similar to traditional artistic endeavors. He elevates the act of conducting business to an art form, implying that innovation and imagination are essential components of success in this field.
In practice
In a business seminar, to illustrate the importance of creativity, one might use Warhol's quote to spark discussion.
I really do live for the future, because when I'm eating a box of candy, I can't wait to taste the last piece.
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You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings.
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To write tragedy, a man must feel tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
We think of photography as pictures. And it is. But I think of photography as ideas. And do the pictures sustain your ideas or are they just good pictures? I want to have an experience in the world that is a deepening experience, that makes me feel alive and awake and conscious.
What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.
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