A. Johnson
A. Johnson
beautiful world shapes
I have my 1973 Citroen DS 23 Pallas. I drive it all the time. It's still the most beautiful shape in the world.
thinking brain important
Perhaps the most important ingredient in my work... is my brain - particularly the right brain... the free spontaneous side, and the left brain, which is careful and methodical.
knowing risk paint
My willingness to explore and work freely is not without risk, and at times, I find myself caught in a bind... Knowing I can fix whatever goes wrong allows me to paint, not without thought, but without hesitation.
painting materials
Painting is so much more than the materials.
good-luck years people
People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then they're nothing again.
motivational dream fun
Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different.
ball iowa learn pass prepare protect rebound
We are going to have to protect the ball better, pass better, and rebound better. We need to try to learn from our mistakes, and try to improve, and prepare for Iowa Falls-Alden and what they do.
communication shortage
We have a shortage of communication with the district.
trying communicate
What could be lonelier than trying to communicate?
beautiful born
There was a part of her she hadn’t yet allowed to be born because it was too beautiful for this place
dream real mean
And therefore I looked down into the great pity of a person’s life on this earth. I don’t mean that we all end up dead, that’s not the great pity. I mean that he couldn’t tell me what he was dreaming, and I couldn’t tell him what was real.
writing publish
Write the unpublishable.. .and then publish it.
stories four philippines
I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.
jesus silly writing
I think it's silly for anyone to think you could write under the influence, but if they'd like to think that, I'd like to keep the legend alive. Maybe I was under the influence when I wrote Jesus' Son and I just didn't know it.