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Quote by Erik Satie

“Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.”

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French composer known for his unique musical style and minimalist approach. Satie's works include piano pieces, chamber music, and orchestral compositions, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century music. more

“My experience with life is that it's very fragmented. In one place certain kinds of thing occur, and in another place a different kind of thing occurs. I would like my work to have some vivid indication of those differences. I guess, in painting, it would amount to different kinds of space being represented in it.”

Kind Different Life Is Certain Differences Space Painting Amount Different Kinds Vivid Indication Fragmented

Author:Jasper Johns

“In my early work, I tried to hide my personality, my psychological state, my emotions. This was partly due to my feelings about myself and partly due to my feelings about painting at the time. I sort of stuck to my guns for a while but eventually it seemed like a losing battle. Finally one must simply drop the reserve.”

States Feelings Emotion Painting Personality Battle Losing Gun Dues Stuck Psychological Reserves Early Work

Book:Jasper Johns: The Seasons ; [exhibition] January 31-March 7, 1987, Leo Castelli Gallery

Source: Jasper Johns: The Seasons ; [exhibition] January 31-March 7, 1987, Leo Castelli Gallery

“A-not-complete-unit, or a new unit. The elements in the 3 parts should neither fit nor not fit together. One would like not to be led. Avoid the idea of a puzzle which could be solved. Remove the signs of "thought." It is not "thought" which needs showing.”

Needs Should Ideas Together Fit Elements Remove Units Puzzles

Book:Jasper Johns

Source: Jasper Johns

“I think that one wants from a painting a sense of life. The final suggestion, the final statement, has to be not a deliberate statement but a helpless statement. It has to be what you can't avoid saying.”

Thinking Want Painting Finals Statements Helpless Suggestions Deliberate

Book:Jasper Johns: drawings

Source: Jasper Johns: drawings

“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.”

Kind Mean Energy Grace Not Sure Coming Out

Author:Jasper Johns

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