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Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I often find that having an idea in

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: One works without thinking how to work.

One works without thinking how to work. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making

I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I never wish for critics.

I never wish for critics. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I would tend to say that I do

I would tend to say that I do what I do as well as possible and that most people don't. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Take an object. Do something to it. Do

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I am just trying to find a way

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: When something is new to us, we treat

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: It's almost just a difference of mood as

It's almost just a difference of mood as to whether I would describe myself one way or the other. I think I share that experience with most people. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: To me, self-description is a calamity.

To me, self-description is a calamity. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I'm working in my mind.

I'm working in my mind. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Cubism is an anatomical chart of a way

Cubism is an anatomical chart of a way of seeing external objects. But I want to confuse the meaning of the act of looking. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Intention involves such a small fragment of our

Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Merce is my favorite artist in any field,

Merce is my favorite artist in any field, — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I don't know how to organise thoughts. I

I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: To be an artist you have to give

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: One likes to think that one anticipates changes

One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Art is much less important than life, but

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: A picture ought to be looked at the

A picture ought to be looked at the same way you look at a radiator. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Old art offers just as good a criticism

Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: My work is largely concernedwith relations betweenseeing and

My work is largely concerned
with relations between
seeing and knowing,
seeing and saying,
seeing and believing. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Do something, do something to that, and then

Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: When you work you learn something about what

When you work you learn something about what you are doing and you develop habits and procedures out of what you're doing. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: One night I dreamed that I painted a

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: There may or may not be an idea,

There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Generally, I am opposed to painting which is

Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I am not strong on perfection.

I am not strong on perfection. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: One wants one's work to be the world,

One wants one's work to be the world, but of course it's never the world. The work is in the world; it never contains the whole thing. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Most of the power of painting comes through

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space ... but I don't understand that. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I wish there were more humor in my

I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: What you might consider a bad work can

What you might consider a bad work can be of extreme interest to an artist in ways which are not about its being a good or bad. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I decided that if my work contained what

I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.' — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: One's range [of ideas] is limited by one's

One's range [of ideas] is limited by one's interests and imagination and by one's passion. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I tend to like things that already exist.

I tend to like things that already exist. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Everyone is of course free to interpret the

Everyone is of course free to interpret the work in his own way. I think seeing a picture is one thing and interpreting it is another. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I don't want my work to be an

I don't want my work to be an exposure of my feelings. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: To do a drawing for a painting most

To do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to

Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: In the place where I was a child,

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Sometimes I see it and then paint it.

Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: Put a lot of paint & a wooden

Put a lot of paint & a wooden ball or other object on a board. Push to the other end of the board. Use this in a painting. - ruler on board. — Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns Quotes By Jasper Johns: I think a painting should include more experience

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement. — Jasper Johns