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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 Picture Quote #1

The relationship between the object and the event. Can they 2 be separated? Is one a detail of the other? What is the meeting? Air? Picture Quote #1

An invisible drawing made in the air. Make a drawing behind your back. Make a stolen painting Picture Quote #1

Every artist feels alone and isolated, friends are very important in terms of all sorts of definitions of oneself. They tell you what you are and what they are aside from the intellectual aspects Picture Quote #1

One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space Picture Quote #1

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don’t understand that Picture Quote #1

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Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life Picture Quote #1

I think through living one’s life, one both changes and remains the same. One can see it either way, one can see oneself as being now what one was and one can see oneself as being absolutely different from what one was. It’s a trick of thought Picture Quote #1

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 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 don’t know how to organise thoughts. I don’t know how to have thoughts Picture Quote #1

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive Picture Quote #1

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As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion Picture Quote #1

My experience of life is that it's very fragmented; certain kinds of things happen, and in another place, a different kind of thing occurs. I would like my work to have some vivid indication of those differences Picture Quote #1

Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old Picture Quote #1

My experience with life is that it’s very fragmented. In one place certain kinds of thing occur, and in another place a different kind of thing occurs. I would like my work to have some vivid indication of those differences. I guess, in painting, it would amount to different kinds of space being represented in it 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 partly 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 think that one wants from a painting a sense of life. The final suggestion, the final statement, has to be not a deliberate statement but a helpless statement. It has to be what you can’t avoid saying Picture Quote #1

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I feel that works of art are an opportunity for people to construct meaning, so I don’t usually tell what they mean. It conveys to people that they have to participate Picture Quote #1

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

There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists Picture Quote #1

Cubism is an anatomical chart of a way of seeing external objects. But I want to confuse the meaning of the act of looking Picture Quote #1

I have meant what I have done. Or I have often meant what I have done. Or I have sometimes meant what I have done. Or I have tried to mean what I was doing Picture Quote #1

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

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To do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished Picture Quote #1

I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it Picture Quote #1

I love drawings, so I’ve always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist Picture Quote #1

When you work you learn something about what you are doing and you develop habits and procedures out of what you’re doing Picture Quote #1

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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) The relationship between the object and the event. Can they 2 be separated? Is one a detail of the other? What is the meeting? Air? (Jasper Johns Quotes) An invisible drawing made in the air. Make a drawing behind your back. Make a stolen painting (Jasper Johns Quotes) Every artist feels alone and isolated, friends are very important in terms of all sorts of definitions of oneself. They tell you what you are and what they are aside from the intellectual aspects (Jasper Johns Quotes) One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space (Jasper Johns Quotes) Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don’t understand that (Jasper Johns Quotes) Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life (Jasper Johns Quotes) I think through living one’s life, one both changes and remains the same. One can see it either way, one can see oneself as being now what one was and one can see oneself as being absolutely different from what one was. It’s a trick of thought (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 (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 don’t know how to organise thoughts. I don’t know how to have thoughts (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 (Jasper Johns Quotes) As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion (Jasper Johns Quotes) My experience of life is that it's very fragmented; certain kinds of things happen, and in another place, a different kind of thing occurs. I would like my work to have some vivid indication of those differences (Jasper Johns Quotes) Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old (Jasper Johns Quotes) My experience with life is that it’s very fragmented. In one place certain kinds of thing occur, and in another place a different kind of thing occurs. I would like my work to have some vivid indication of those differences. I guess, in painting, it would amount to different kinds of space being represented in it (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 partly 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 think that one wants from a painting a sense of life. The final suggestion, the final statement, has to be not a deliberate statement but a helpless statement. It has to be what you can’t avoid saying (Jasper Johns Quotes) I feel that works of art are an opportunity for people to construct meaning, so I don’t usually tell what they mean. It conveys to people that they have to participate (Jasper Johns Quotes) 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) There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists (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 (Jasper Johns Quotes) I have meant what I have done. Or I have often meant what I have done. Or I have sometimes meant what I have done. Or I have tried to mean what I was doing (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) 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) I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it (Jasper Johns Quotes) I love drawings, so I’ve always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own (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 (Jasper Johns Quotes) To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist (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 (Jasper Johns Quotes)

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