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Jasper Johns Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Artist
Nationality: American
Born: May 15, 1930

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Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.
Jasper Johns

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.
Jasper Johns

One works without thinking how to work.
Jasper Johns

I tend to like things that already exist.
Jasper Johns

Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me.
Jasper Johns

I never wish for critics.
Jasper Johns

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
Jasper Johns

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Art, Child, Different, Know, Meant, Place, Really, Situation, Than, Think, Thought, Were, Where, Would