Quotes

“I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.” Desmond Tutu

“In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.” Desmond Tutu

“In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.” Desmond Tutu

“In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.” Desmond Tutu

“It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.” Desmond Tutu

“Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.” Desmond Tutu

“Oh, 1994, April 27. There won't be a day like that ever again. I mean, the sky was blue, with a blueness that had never been there before.” Desmond Tutu

“The universe can take quite a while to deliver.” Desmond Tutu

“Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.” Desmond Tutu

“When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.” Desmond Tutu

“When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.” Desmond Tutu

“When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it's again not people who are intrinsically evil.” Desmond Tutu

“You must show the world that you abhor fighting.” Desmond Tutu

“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” Andy Warhol

“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.” Andy Warhol

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.” Andy Warhol

“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.” Andy Warhol

“Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” Andy Warhol

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

“Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” Andy Warhol

“I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.” Andy Warhol

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.” Andy Warhol

“I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work,' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.” Andy Warhol

“I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.” Andy Warhol

“Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.” Andy Warhol

“I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.” Andy Warhol

“When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.” Andy Warhol

“Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?” Andy Warhol

“Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.” Andy Warhol

“I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.” Andy Warhol