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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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.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
Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither.
Jasper Johns
I never wish for critics.
Jasper Johns
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