I tend to like things that already exist.

Quote by Jasper Johns

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I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something...

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something...

One works without thinking how to work.

One works without thinking how to work.

The thing is, if you believe in the unconscious - and I do - there's...

The thing is, if you believe in the unconscious - and I do - there's...

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't...

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't...

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be...

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be...

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that...

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that...

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.

I never wish for critics.

I never wish for critics.

Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of...

Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of...

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense...

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense...

Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then...

Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then...

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was...

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was...

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think...

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think...

Everyone is of course free to interpret the work in his own way. I think...

Everyone is of course free to interpret the work in his own way. I think...

Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me.

Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me.

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.

One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our...

One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our...

Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.

Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.

I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts.

I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts.