"Cubism is an anatomical chart of a way of seeing external objects. But I want to confuse the meaning of the act of looking."

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Source : "Jasper Johns, Writings, sketchbook Notes, Interviews". Book edited by Kirk Varnedoe and Christel Hollevoet, 1996.

Jasper Johns

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“The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.”
“Human science is an uncertain guess.”
“Politicians are better liars than writers.”
“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”
“A good photograph is one that can't be repeated.”
“Electric guitars are an abomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric singer?”
“I think it's a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It's why investors try to spread their portfolio round.”
“...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.”

Source : Gabrielle Zevin (2011). “All These Things I've Done”, p.262, Macmillan

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