Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Jasper Johns
- I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn’t matter – that would be my life.
- Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.
- As 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.
- To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
- I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.
- When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.
- I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don’t think that’s a painter’s business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.
- At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions.
- In 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.
- I think that one wants from a painting a sense of life. The final suggestion, the final statement, has to be not a deliberate statement but a helpless statement. It has to be what you can’t avoid saying.
Jasper Johns is an American artist known for his significant contributions to the Pop Art movement. He was born on May 15, 1930, in Augusta, Georgia, and grew up in South Carolina.
Johns briefly attended the University of South Carolina before moving to New York City in 1949 to pursue a career in art. He studied briefly at the Parsons School of Design before serving in the United States Army during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953.
After his military service, Johns returned to New York City and became associated with the burgeoning art scene of the 1950s. In the mid-1950s, he met fellow artist Robert Rauschenberg, and the two developed a close friendship and artistic collaboration that would greatly influence their respective works.
Johns gained widespread recognition with his iconic painting “Flag” in 1954-1955. This seminal work featured a large-scale representation of the American flag rendered with encaustic and collage techniques. It marked a significant departure from the prevailing Abstract Expressionism of the time and established Johns as a leading figure in the emerging Pop Art movement.
Throughout his career, Johns continued to explore and experiment with various mediums and techniques, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, and collage. He often incorporated everyday objects and symbols into his work, such as targets, numbers, maps, and letters, challenging traditional notions of art and representation.
Johns received numerous accolades for his contributions to contemporary art. In 1978, he became the first artist to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, and in 2011, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Today, Jasper Johns is regarded as one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. His work can be found in major museums and collections worldwide, and he continues to create art from his studio in Sharon, Connecticut.
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