Jasper Johns is a renowned American artist, born on May 15, 1930. His works are known for their unique style and profound reflections on American culture. Johns is celebrated for his reinterpretation of everyday objects and his critical exploration of American history, politics, and culture.
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“One's range [of ideas] is limited by one's interests and imagination and by one's passion.”
“Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me.”
Source: Jasper Johns
“I would tend to say that I do what I do as well as possible and that most people don't.”
Source: Jasper Johns: according to what & watchman
Source: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective
“A picture ought to be looked at the same way you look at a radiator.”
“Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old.”
Source: Jasper Johns: gravures et dessins de la collection Castelli, 1960-1991 : portraits de l'artiste par Hans Namuth, 1962-1989 : Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, Palais de Luppé, 4 juillet-30 septembre 1992
“To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.”
“Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.”
Source: Past things and present: Jasper Johns since 1983
“Art is either a complaint or appeasement.”
Source: Jasper Johns Drawings, 1954-1984
Source: Jasper Johns: The Seasons ; [exhibition] January 31-March 7, 1987, Leo Castelli Gallery
Source: Jasper Johns
Source: Jasper Johns: drawings
“I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.”
Source: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective
Source: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective
“One works without thinking how to work.”
Source: Jasper Johns working proofs
“There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.”