Reply #43: "That no-talent social climber Andy Warhol"

[Laughing Mirror]

Andy gave a lot of young people a start, putting them to work in his factory and on his magazine, from the money he made off portraits of society people, which I think ran from $25,000 when he first starting doing them, to double that by his clever manipulting of his own market, when he died.

So he directly pumped the money from just those silk-screened Polaroids back into his business, giving people jobs, helping to launch many of them in successful careers, and not just Velvet Underground. I think giving people creative, interesting-and at time exciting--work is a very good thing to do. A lot of people owe a lot to Andy Warhol, even non-people. Things, places. New York City, for one.

How many jobs have you produced with YOUR income, Beware the Beast Man?