Jasper Johns

I tend to like things that already exist.

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.

I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.'

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.