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 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