” In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn’t know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in. “
” To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. “
” In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn’t know what that meant. “
” I am not strong on perfection. “
” The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else. “
All 5 Jasper Johns Quotes about Art in picture



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