I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.
Jasper JohnsIn 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.
Jasper JohnsAs one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.
Jasper Johns