There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds.
Jasper JohnsEarly on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions.
Jasper JohnsTo be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
Jasper Johns