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
I am just trying to find a way to make pictures. Jasper Johns findmakepicture 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
To me, self-description is a calamity. Jasper Johns calamitydescription Change image and share on social
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 businessconsciousidea Change image and share on social
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.' Then I went through a change of mind and a change of heart. What made 'going to be an artist' into 'being an artist', was, in part, a spiritual change. Jasper Johns 50sartistchange share on social
Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it. Jasper Johns object Change image and share on social
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 differenceexperiencefragment share on social
At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. 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 absenceattackcolor share on social
