To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
Jasper JohnsA-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.
Jasper JohnsCubism is an anatomical chart of a way of seeing external objects. But I want to confuse the meaning of the act of looking.
Jasper Johns