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
Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.
Interpretation
As people age, they must adapt to new stages of life, similar to how infants learn and grow.
Andy Warhol's quote reflects the idea that as life expectancy increases, individuals must embrace the wisdom of adapting to their changing circumstances. Just as babies learn about the world and grow through their experiences, older adults will need to navigate their longer lives with the same curiosity and flexibility. This perspective encourages a mindset of continuous learning and embracing the various phases of life, regardless of age.
In practice
During a workshop on aging, I quoted Andy Warhol to illustrate the importance of lifelong learning.
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.
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art
I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.
I like to be the right thing in the wrong space and the wrong thing in the right space. But usually being the right thing in the wrong space and the wrong thing in the right space is worth it, because something funny always happens.
The hardest thing about adolescence is that everything seems too big. There's no way to get context or perspective, ..... Pain and joy without limits. No one can live like that forever, so experience finally comes to our rescue. We come to know what we can endure, and also that nothing endures.
It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else.
Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding the life you need to live.
I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any real sleep. In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.
A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book.
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