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I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts.

Jasper Johns

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Jasper Johns
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 15
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A-not-complete-unit, or a new unit. The elements in the 3 parts should neither fit nor not fit together. One would like not to be led. Avoid the idea of a puzzle which could be solved. Remove the signs of thought. It is not thought which needs showing.
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To me, self-description is a calamity.
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