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 artartistchild share on social
I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement. Jasper Johns experienceincludeintend Change image and share on social
Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that. Jasper Johns Change image and share on social
I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts. Jasper Johns organisethought Change image and share on social
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 freeinterpretpicture Change image and share on social
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 thingworkworld Change image and share on social
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. Jasper Johns artistdesiregive Change image and share on social
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 findheadidea Change image and share on social
This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it. Jasper Johns artistbringcondition share on social
