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> [One works without thinking how to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/one-works-without-thinking-how-to-work/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

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## More by Jasper Johns

> [Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/early-on-i-was-very-involved-with-the-notion-of-the-painting-as-an/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [Make something, a kind of object, which as it changes or falls apart (dies as it were) or increases in its parts (grows as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/make-something-a-kind-of-object-which-as-it-changes-or-falls-apart/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [In my early work, I tried to hide my personality, my psychological state, my emotions. This was partly due to my feelings about myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/in-my-early-work-i-tried-to-hide-my-personality-my-psychological/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/i-have-no-ideas-about-what-the-paintings-imply-about-the-world-i-don/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [I have meant what I have done. Or I have often meant what I have done. Or I have sometimes meant what I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/i-have-meant-what-i-have-done-or-i-have-often-meant-what-i-have-done/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [Art as a fantasy has been one of my earliest experiences. I suppose a lot of my childhood was a fantasy that involved getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/art-as-a-fantasy-has-been-one-of-my-earliest-experiences-i-suppose-a/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/i-was-raised-in-south-carolina-i-wasn-t-aware-of-any-art-in-south/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [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.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/sometime-during-the-mid-50s-i-said-i-am-an-artist-before-that-for/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/that-s-what-painting-does-it-organizes-vision-in-a-certain-way-or/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/i-assumed-that-everything-would-lead-to-complete-failure-but-i/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [I tend to like things that already exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/i-tend-to-like-things-that-already-exist/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/bend-color-names-which-should-be-made-of-neon-or-copper-tubing-place/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/my-experience-with-life-is-that-it-s-very-fragmented-in-one-place/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [I never wish for critics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/i-never-wish-for-critics/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

> [Art is either a complaint or appeasement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/art-is-either-a-complaint-or-appeasement/)

[Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/)

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