I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own. Jasper Johns drawingenjoyexist Change image and share on social
One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space. Jasper Johns anticipateideainhabit Change image and share on social
I'm not sure what 'coming out right' means. It often means that what you do holds a kind of energy that you wouldn't just put there, that comes about through grace of some sort. Jasper Johns comeenergygrace Change image and share on social
I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea. Jasper Johns findheadidea Change image and share on social
I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts. Jasper Johns organisethought Change image and 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
Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me. Jasper Johns artificialfalse 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
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
