Warhol had an intense appreciation for Hollywood glamour. He once said: "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're so beautiful. Everything's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic."

When projected according to Warhol's specifications, Empire consists of eight hours and five minutes of slow motion footage of an unchanging view of the Empire State Building. The film does not have conventional narrative or characters, and largely reduces the experience of cinema to the passing of time.

In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again, he writes, "Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. During the hippie era people put down the idea of business--they'd say, 'Money is bad,' and 'Working is bad,' but making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art."

He carried a tape recorder around with him everywhere and called this constant companion his "wife."

He lived in New York for most of his life, and he certainly transformed and was transformed by the Big Apple, but he was born in a small neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper elicits conflicting emotions. The image of Jesus with open arms and a feast is inviting and warm, but the painting is also a depiction of his last meal before he is crucified. Ten Punching Bags, a collaboration with Jean-Michel Basquiat, conjures similar tensions. The piece consists of ten white punching bags depicting Jesus' face and the word "judge" in black paint. The bags hang in a single row like a firing squad, casting shadows below.

Unlike the other artists commissioned for the project, Warhol opted to paint directly onto the automobile himself instead of letting technicians transfer his scale-model design to the car. He is reported to have spent a grand total of 23 minutes painting the car.

In the early days, Interview was circulated by giving away free copies to the "in-crowd" at Warhol's parties, and interviews were edited in Warhol's eccentric fashion. Toward the end of his life, as Warhol withdrew from everyday oversight of the publication, a more conventional editorial style was introduced. However, Warhol continued to act as ambassador for the magazine, distributing issues in the street to passersby and creating ad hoc signing events on the streets of Manhattan.

Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) depicts a body twisted in the mangled interior of a silver car. It was printed by Andy Warhol at the age of 35 and is the last serigraph of the artist that was left in private hands. This work of art was held by a European collector for 20 years. In November 2013, five bidders fought for the serigraph in an auction of contemporary art organized by Sotheby's, bringing the price to $105 million. The name of the winner was never disclosed to the public.

Warhol was dressed in a black cashmere suit, a paisley tie, a platinum wig, and sunglasses. Before the coffin was lowered, photographer Paige Powell dropped a copy of Interview magazine, an Interview T-shirt, and a bottle of the Estée Lauder perfume "Beautiful" into the grave.