I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.
Jasper JohnsOne night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.
Jasper JohnsIntention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life.
Jasper JohnsTo do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished.
Jasper Johns