“I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.” — Marilyn Monroe

When we encounter objects, art, music, literature and other things that touch us, we can’t escape our insatiable human desire to possess those items.

A Google image search on Marilyn Monroe yields more than 1,750,000 7,960,000 70,100,000 photos.

There are 2,830,000 4,430,000 41,000,000 results on Warhol.

Marilyn Monroe has been pinned 268 times on Pinterest.

Warhol? 423 times.

(updated 12 Jun 2012)