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Mark Bradford Quotes

Tobacco and religious organisations Picture Quote #1

My mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit Picture Quote #1

If Home Depot doesn’t have it, Mark Bradford doesn’t need it Picture Quote #1

My art practice is very detail-, labor- intensive and I think that that’s a way of slowing myself down so that I can hear myself think. That quieter voice has sometimes the more interesting idea, if I can get to it Picture Quote #1

The narrative oftentimes is that everything that comes out of the hood is ‘real,’ and so I thought, ‘I’ll base it on the absurd, the not real. I’ll twist the idea of real on its head and see if I can get away with it. I’ll make paintings that come not from a place but through an abstract gaze.’ Picture Quote #1

I don’t know why we, in the art world, cannot unpack things and sort of make hybrid notions of a practice. We’re very rigid. It’s funny, though; in music, we have no problem sampling, mixing and remixing. But in the art world, why can’t we take little parts of history and mix it together? Picture Quote #1

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I am fully present wherever I am. Why bother being in a community or neighborhood and not being fully present? I think that’s colonization. I’m not interested in that Picture Quote #1

I never expected to run into a room and suddenly I belonged. I figured people who live on the fringes of society, they’re more free. They can choose to visit anywhere; they don’t belong to anywhere. It’s like being without a nation, in a way Picture Quote #1

The funny thing about being creative is that, especially high school people, I kept noticing I’d always go to these certain materials. I’d always be picking up trash and picking up paper and using it Picture Quote #1

When I was thirteen, I was in a supermarket with my mother, and for no reason at all, I picked up a science-fiction book at the checkout stand and started reading it. I couldn’t believe I was doing that, actually reading a book. And, man, it opened up a whole new thing. Reading became the sparkplug of my imagination Picture Quote #1

I just like artist-driven projects, but for artists themselves: artist spaces, artist mentor programs, and artists buying buildings and making lofts. Doing whatever we can do. Because at the end of the day, I really think that we as a community only have each other Picture Quote #1

I fell through the holes in the educational system. But education is still a way to change a life Picture Quote #1

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I go through the arc of a relationship with every single painting that I do Picture Quote #1

That’s how I make work. Along the way, I take notes, I read about history and popular culture. Sometimes I act out things in the studio. I go back to my mother’s hair salon so I can hear three voices going all at once. I pull inspiration from everything Picture Quote #1

I always made stuff but never thought, I’m going to be an artist Picture Quote #1

The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter Picture Quote #1

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Tobacco and religious organisations (Mark Bradford Quotes) My mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit (Mark Bradford Quotes) If Home Depot doesn’t have it, Mark Bradford doesn’t need it (Mark Bradford Quotes) My art practice is very detail-, labor- intensive and I think that that’s a way of slowing myself down so that I can hear myself think. That quieter voice has sometimes the more interesting idea, if I can get to it (Mark Bradford Quotes) The narrative oftentimes is that everything that comes out of the hood is ‘real,’ and so I thought, ‘I’ll base it on the absurd, the not real. I’ll twist the idea of real on its head and see if I can get away with it. I’ll make paintings that come not from a place but through an abstract gaze.’ (Mark Bradford Quotes) I don’t know why we, in the art world, cannot unpack things and sort of make hybrid notions of a practice. We’re very rigid. It’s funny, though; in music, we have no problem sampling, mixing and remixing. But in the art world, why can’t we take little parts of history and mix it together? (Mark Bradford Quotes) I am fully present wherever I am. Why bother being in a community or neighborhood and not being fully present? I think that’s colonization. I’m not interested in that. (Mark Bradford Quotes) I never expected to run into a room and suddenly I belonged. I figured people who live on the fringes of society, they’re more free. They can choose to visit anywhere; they don’t belong to anywhere. It’s like being without a nation, in a way. (Mark Bradford Quotes) The funny thing about being creative is that, especially high school people, I kept noticing I’d always go to these certain materials. I’d always be picking up trash and picking up paper and using it. (Mark Bradford Quotes) When I was thirteen, I was in a supermarket with my mother, and for no reason at all, I picked up a science-fiction book at the checkout stand and started reading it. I couldn’t believe I was doing that, actually reading a book. And, man, it opened up a whole new thing. Reading became the sparkplug of my imagination. (Mark Bradford Quotes) I just like artist-driven projects, but for artists themselves: artist spaces, artist mentor programs, and artists buying buildings and making lofts. Doing whatever we can do. Because at the end of the day, I really think that we as a community only have each other. (Mark Bradford Quotes) I fell through the holes in the educational system. But education is still a way to change a life. (Mark Bradford Quotes) I go through the arc of a relationship with every single painting that I do (Mark Bradford Quotes) That’s how I make work. Along the way, I take notes, I read about history and popular culture. Sometimes I act out things in the studio. I go back to my mother’s hair salon so I can hear three voices going all at once. I pull inspiration from everything. (Mark Bradford Quotes) I always made stuff but never thought, I’m going to be an artist (Mark Bradford Quotes) The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter (Mark Bradford Quotes)