Quotes of Jasper Johns

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I liked New York when it was an up-and-down city for me, low streets and high buildings. But then, for me, it grew horizontal — monotonous.

- Jasper Johns

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“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ I was so blessed. The first person I gave my heart to was an angel who plucked the feathers off his wings and built a nest for it. ”

- Kamand Kojouri

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ”

- Émile Zola

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ feeling upset? look up a lover ”

- Arif Naseem

“ I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ Everyday of your life is a another lesson. If you learn the lesson well and apply it; whether positive or negative, you determine what happens in your tomorrow. ”

- David Kofi Awusi

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ All worries are less with wine. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Where wild souls meet wild lovers is where hurricanes are made. ”

- ventum

“ You are like nobody since I love you. ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

- William M. Thackery

“ Bagiku ada sesuatu yang paling berharga dan hakiki dalam kehidupan: 'dapat mencintai, dapat iba hati, dapat merasai kedukaan'. Tanpa itu semua maka kita tidak lebih dari benda. Berbahagialah orang yang masih mempunyai rasa cinta, yang belum sampai kehilangan benda yang paling bernilai itu. Kalau kita telah kehilangan itu maka absurdlah hidup kita. ”

- Soe Hok Gie

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ I don't think you can define love. ”

- Harry Styles

“ Love all, trust a few. ”

- William Shakespeare