“I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.”
Jasper Johns“As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.”
Jasper Johns“I am not strong on perfection.”
Jasper Johns“My experience of life is that it's very fragmented; certain kinds of things happen, and in another place, a different kind of thing occurs. I would like my work to have some vivid indication of those differences.”
Jasper Johns“I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.”
Jasper Johns“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“One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space.”
Jasper Johns“I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it.”
Jasper Johns“I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.”
Jasper Johns“As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a confusion, or a freedom.”
Jasper Johns“I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life. ”
Jasper Johns