Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Donald Judd spoke of a 'neutral' surface, but what is meant? Neutrality must involve some relationship (to other ways of painting, thinking?) He would have to include these in his work to establish the neutrality of that surface. He also used 'non' or 'not' - expressive - this is an early problem - a negative solution or - expression of new sense - which can help one into - what one has not known. 'Neutral' expresses an intention.

Jasper Johns's Popular Quotes

I tend to like things that already exist.

- Jasper Johns

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

- Jasper Johns

There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.

- Jasper Johns

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

- Jasper Johns

My work is largely concerned with relations between seeing and knowing, seeing and saying, seeing and believing.

- Jasper Johns

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…

- Jasper Johns

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

- Jasper Johns

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

- Jasper Johns

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

- Jasper Johns