Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.
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One works without thinking how to work.Jasper Johns
I never wish for critics.
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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.
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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
Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me.
Jasper Johns
The thing is, if you believe in the unconscious - and I do - there's room for all kinds of possibilities that I don't know how you prove one way or another.
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