Jasper Johns Quotes

I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember very clearly a vision I had of a little green reindeer when I was a child, and visions emanate from the same mythical area where painting resides. Whatever the reason, I immediately felt comfortable working with visual materials.

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.

Get into your own creativity. Sketch and paint with different mediums and follow your heart.

Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult.

I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere.

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

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 wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts.

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

Once I found art, it was a wrap.

The beautiful thing about art is that there's always somewhere to go. There's always something new to explore and, as an artist, that's just what I want to do. I wanna keep exploring new things with different directors with different producers and different styles and tones.

Through art, you create your own world.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

I love being creative in all forms.

I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't!

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

The only thing in life that really gives me any peace is just being lost in the process of creating something, whether it's the film or painting and drawing, which has been a big part of my life, for a long time.

I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me.

Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.

Art is an investigation.

Make good art.

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.