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Question: A quote by andy warhol, what do you think it means!?
"if everybody's not a beauty, then nobody is"~ Andy WarholWww@QuestionHome@Com


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Beauty isn't a quality that someone has, beauty is more of a "scope"- a way to see the world!. When you see the world as beautiful, then it's not selective- either everyone is, or no one is!. I guess it's like, beauty is something to recognize, not something to have/not have!. And the potential for recognition is always there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Simple logic!.!.!.it's an "if-then" statement!. If x is true, then y is true!.
Everybody is NOT a beauty (true)
Nobody (No one) is (a beauty) (true)

In other words, beauty cannot be ascribed to an individual in such a way as to eliminate anyone else!. Everyone has something about them that is beautiful!. However, I think he should have said, "If anyone is not a beauty, then no one is!."

If you carefully study his words, they are nonsensical!. His words really say X=Y and Y=X; or X=X!. "If no one is a beauty, no one is!." But that was the way Warhol spoke, purposely agitating his public with statements, both visual and spoken, that challenged the establishment!.
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If everyone is not beautiful, then "nobody" is beautiful

It's hard to explain!.!.!. everybody and nobody are like opposites!. I think it's another way of saying "Everybody is beautiful and there is no one isn't beautiful" in a "what if it was the opposite" kind of way!.

It confuses the hell out of me for sure, I can tell you that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think it means everybody is beautiful!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

He's saying that all people are beautiful, regardless of reality!.
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It means he was not a philosopher!.Www@QuestionHome@Com