Andy Warhol

Alexandr Zhukovsky, Ukraine

I was born in Kherson on December 8, 1979. As a child, I was constantly asleep. They came up to me from time to time and checked whether I was breathing or not. My father was a photographer. He photographed vacationers on the seas. He had a creative approach to this case. Dad got donkeys, monkeys, parrots and horses to work in our Kherson yard. People constantly came to us, like a zoo.As a child, I always drew something. I remember sitting on the floor, drawing a blue dog in profile, shaded with a pen. I liked the fact that I saw this dog clearly. I realized that drawing images is interesting. I drew in class at school. I even came up with a game: someone drew a dot or dash, and I developed the drawing further with my classmates.I didn't stand out much at school, I didn't like to study, but I was constantly given normal grades. If necessary, he could answer, of course, but he didn't want to go too far in mathematics, chemistry, or physics. He had good grades in Physical Education, Drawing, and work — in fact, like all boys.