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
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
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
I don't want my work to be an exposure of my feelings. Jasper Johns exposurefeelingwork Change image and share on social
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. Jasper Johns impurepaintprefer Change image and share on social
In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in. Jasper Johns artartistchild share on social
What you might consider a bad work can be of extreme interest to an artist in ways which are not about its being a good or bad. Jasper Johns artistbadextreme Change image and share on social
Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that. Jasper Johns manipulationpaintpower Change image and share on social
