Everybody has their own America, and then they have pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can’t see…So the fantasy corners of America…you’ve pieced them together from scenes in movies and music and lines from books. And you live in your dream America that you’ve custom-made from art and schmaltz and emotions just as much as you live in your real one.

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Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions books and feature and documentary films. His studio The Factory was a famous gathering place that brought together distinguiAndy Warhold intellectuals drag queens playwrights Bohemian street people Hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city Pittsburgh Pennsylvania holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives.