I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.
Jasper JohnsOne wants one's work to be the world, but of course it's never the world. The work is in the world; it never contains the whole thing.
Jasper JohnsEverybody is of course free to interpret the work in his own way. I think seeing a picture is one thing and interpreting it is another.
Jasper Johns