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Jasper Johns quotes: 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.

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 quotes: One works without thinking how to work.

One works without thinking how to work.

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

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

Jasper Johns quotes: I never wish for critics.

I never wish for critics.

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

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

Jasper Johns quotes: Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

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

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: To me, self-description is a calamity.

To me, self-description is a calamity.

Jasper Johns quotes: I'm working in my mind.

I'm working in my mind.

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

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 quotes: Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life.

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

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

Merce is my favorite artist in any field,

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

I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts.

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

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

Jasper Johns quotes: Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jasper Johns quotes: My work is largely concernedwith relations betweenseeing and knowing,seeing and saying,seeing and believing.

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

Jasper Johns quotes: Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.

Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.

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

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

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

Jasper Johns quotes: I am not strong on perfection.

I am not strong on perfection.

Jasper Johns quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space ... but I don't understand that.

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

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

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

Jasper Johns quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

I tend to like things that already exist.

Jasper Johns quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I don't want my work to be an exposure of my feelings.

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

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

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

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

Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me.

Jasper Johns quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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

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 quotes: I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.

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