"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."

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Source : Kirk Varnedoe, Jasper Johns (1996). “Jasper Johns: A Retrospective”

Jasper Johns

#Morning Quotes #Night Quotes #Flags Quotes

“The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it”
“When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they donâ€™t at first recognize it for what it is.”
“Shakespeare brings us to know ourselves. Dante, with his dissection of all others, bids us to know one another.”
“The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality.”
“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time”
“Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal.”
“I'd rather look good in my coffin than bad in my coffin.”
“I mean, sports are big, big, big business.”

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