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
Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that. Jasper Johns Change image and share on social
I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.' Jasper Johns containdecideidentify Change image and share on social
I tend to like things that already exist. Jasper Johns existtendthing 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
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
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
