I have no ideas about what ... by Jasper Johns, an American Artist

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“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.”

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Jasper Johns

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Name: Jasper Johns

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: May 15, 1930

Profession: Artist

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I tend to like things that already exist.

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Everyone 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.

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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.

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