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Jasper Johns Quotes

Merce is my favorite artist in any field, Picture Quote #1

Art is either a complaint or appeasement Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that Picture Quote #1

Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me Picture Quote #1

There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn’t aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds Picture Quote #1

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I’m not sure what ‘coming out right’ means. It often means that what you do holds a kind of energy that you wouldn’t just put there, that comes about through grace of some sort Picture Quote #1

Sometime during the mid-50s I said, ‘I am an artist.’ Before that, for many years, I had said, ‘I’m going to be an artist.’ Then I went through a change of mind and a change of heart. What made ‘going to be an artist’ into ‘being an artist’, was, in part, a spiritual change Picture Quote #1

My work is largely concerned with relations between seeing and knowing, seeing and saying, seeing and believing Picture Quote #1

The thing is, if you believe in the unconscious - and I do - there’s room for all kinds of possibilities that I don’t know how you prove one way or another Picture Quote #1

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don’t think that’s a painter’s business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason Picture Quote #1

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn’t matter Â” that would be my life Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions Picture Quote #1

In my early work, I tried to hide my personality, my psychological state, my emotions. This was partly due to my feelings about myself and party due to my feelings about painting at the time. I sort of stuck to my guns for a while but eventually it seemed like a losing battle. Finally one must simply drop the reserve Picture Quote #1

I’m working in my mind Picture Quote #1

There was very little art in my childhood Picture Quote #1

I am not strong on perfection Picture Quote #1

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Merce is my favorite artist in any field Picture Quote #1

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it Picture Quote #1

I don’t want my work to be an exposure of my feelings Picture Quote #1

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement Picture Quote #1

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures Picture Quote #1

I never wish for critics Picture Quote #1

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I tend to like things that already exist Picture Quote #1

One works without thinking how to work Picture Quote #1

Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me Picture Quote #1

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. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in Picture Quote #1

I would tend to say that I do what I do as well as possible and that most people don’t Picture Quote #1

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. At every point in nature there is something to see. My work contains similar possibilities for the changing focus of the eye Picture Quote #1

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Merce is my favorite artist in any field, (Jasper Johns Quotes) Art is either a complaint or appeasement (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. (Jasper Johns Quotes) Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that (Jasper Johns Quotes) Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me (Jasper Johns Quotes) There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn’t aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds (Jasper Johns Quotes) I’m not sure what ‘coming out right’ means. It often means that what you do holds a kind of energy that you wouldn’t just put there, that comes about through grace of some sort (Jasper Johns Quotes) Sometime during the mid-50s I said, ‘I am an artist.’ Before that, for many years, I had said, ‘I’m going to be an artist.’ Then I went through a change of mind and a change of heart. What made ‘going to be an artist’ into ‘being an artist’, was, in part, a spiritual change. (Jasper Johns Quotes) My work is largely concerned with relations between seeing and knowing, seeing and saying, seeing and believing. (Jasper Johns Quotes) The thing is, if you believe in the unconscious - and I do - there’s room for all kinds of possibilities that I don’t know how you prove one way or another. (Jasper Johns Quotes) I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don’t think that’s a painter’s business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason. (Jasper Johns Quotes) I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn’t matter Â” that would be my life. (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. (Jasper Johns Quotes) At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions. (Jasper Johns Quotes) In my early work, I tried to hide my personality, my psychological state, my emotions. This was partly due to my feelings about myself and party due to my feelings about painting at the time. I sort of stuck to my guns for a while but eventually it seemed like a losing battle. Finally one must simply drop the reserve. (Jasper Johns Quotes) I’m working in my mind (Jasper Johns Quotes) There was very little art in my childhood (Jasper Johns Quotes) I am not strong on perfection (Jasper Johns Quotes) Merce is my favorite artist in any field (Jasper Johns Quotes) Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it (Jasper Johns Quotes) I don’t want my work to be an exposure of my feelings (Jasper Johns Quotes) I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement (Jasper Johns Quotes) I am just trying to find a way to make pictures (Jasper Johns Quotes) I never wish for critics (Jasper Johns Quotes) I tend to like things that already exist (Jasper Johns Quotes) One works without thinking how to work (Jasper Johns Quotes) 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. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in (Jasper Johns Quotes) I would tend to say that I do what I do as well as possible and that most people don’t (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. At every point in nature there is something to see. My work contains similar possibilities for the changing focus of the eye (Jasper Johns Quotes)

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