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Also little known fact I was schooled on recently while working on a film with a guy who was close friends with Warhol and was at a lot of silver factory parties... Warhol never did drugs! He would sit in the back and watch the crowd but rarely interact. I was severely reprimanded for suggesting Warhol did drugs in that conversation.

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He took prescription speed daily. And supposedly was sneaky about taking other drugs. So yes, he mostly didn't openly participate in the drug scene. But it's less clear what he did privately.

http://www.warholstars.org/warhol/warhol1/warhol1c/warhol1cl...

In the movie Take Your Pills, they mention Warhol taking a drug similar to Adderall. Wikipedia says it was Obetrol[1]. As an amphetamine I imagine it had a profound effect on him and his art.

Though it is fascinating that he never participated in parties. That is totally not the narrative I bought into with him. How good at fooling us he was.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obetrol

He was always observing.

Someone you would refer to as boring and creepy

And often with a camera ;)

Also, very intelligent, imaginative, talented, and creative. But still, I admit, creepy.

I'm reminded of Marilyn Manson, née Brian Hugh Warner. Not to compare them, of course. But according to his autobiography, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, he was also "boring and creepy" as a child. But somehow he made it work. As did Warhol, on a much larger scale.

It is easier to focus on the negative qualities of the outsiders, thanks for reigning me back into the light.

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