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 wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it. Jasper Johns humorwork Change image and share on social
When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive. Jasper Johns aliveawakeclear Change image and share on social
Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life. Jasper Johns consciousnessfragmentintention Change image and share on social
To do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished. Jasper Johns drawmakemean Change image and share on social
The thing is, if you believe in the unconscious - and I do - there's room for all kinds of possibilities that I don't know how you prove one way or another. Jasper Johns kindpossibilityprove Change image and share on social
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 nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds. Jasper Johns artartistaware Change image and share on social
The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else. Jasper Johns artistknowlive share on social
There was very little art in my childhood. 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 nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds. Jasper Johns artartistaware share on social
