Make something, a kind of object, which as it changes or falls apart (dies as it were) or increases in its parts (grows as it were) offers no clue as to what its state or form or nature was at… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
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… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Make something, a kind of object, which as it changes or falls apart (dies as it were) or increases in its parts (grows as… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
In my early work, I tried to hide my personality, my psychological state, my emotions. This was partly due to my feelings about myself… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
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… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
I have meant what I have done. Or I have often meant what I have done. Or I have sometimes meant what I have… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
Art as a fantasy has been one of my earliest experiences. I suppose a lot of my childhood was a fantasy that involved getting… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
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… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
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.'… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
That's what painting does; it organizes vision in a certain way or suggests that certain things be paid attention to and certain other things… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life. — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
