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title: "1 Intensive Think Quotes By Mark Bradford"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/my-art-practice-is-very-detail-labor-intensive-and-i-think-that-that/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

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## More by Mark Bradford

> [I remind myself that we need to continue to do the things we believe in and be even more vocal about asking people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/i-remind-myself-that-we-need-to-continue-to-do-the-things-we-believe/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/the-most-important-imperative-to-be-questioned-is-the-one-that-tells/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [A Scorpio, it's just about peeling back the layers. And I'm always surprised at myself-there's a lot under there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/a-scorpio-it-s-just-about-peeling-back-the-layers-and-i-m-always/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [If power is abstraction, which many black men, black women, and people of color have very little voice in, well, then I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/if-power-is-abstraction-which-many-black-men-black-women-and-people/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [“Everyone finds the time to do the things the want to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/everyone-finds-the-time-to-do-the-things-the-want-to-do/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [For me, the '80s were like the drawing by Botticelli of the nine rings of hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/for-me-the-80s-were-like-the-drawing-by-botticelli-of-the-nine-rings/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [Often culture gets stuck in static, traditional narratives. Contemporary ideas give culture elasticity, flexibility, which is always a breath of fresh air. But these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/often-culture-gets-stuck-in-static-traditional-narratives/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [I never have a problem with being black. I have a problem with the easy association of what that means to some people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/i-never-have-a-problem-with-being-black-i-have-a-problem-with-the/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/my-art-practice-is-very-detail-labor-intensive-and-i-think-that-that/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [“I am always in a state of Eunoia. And I'm not in it just for the vowels.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/i-am-always-in-a-state-of-eunoia-and-i-m-not-in-it-just-for-the-vowels/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [“Everything is more interesting and complex in my mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/everything-is-more-interesting-and-complex-in-my-mind/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [Tobacco and religious organisations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/tobacco-and-religious-organisations/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [I always made stuff but never thought, I'm going to be an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/i-always-made-stuff-but-never-thought-i-m-going-to-be-an-artist/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [“To me they were all equal, and without people a business was just a building.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/to-me-they-were-all-equal-and-without-people-a-business-was-just-a/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

> [When I was 18 years old, there was no internet and no gay teen nights. Instead, you went to the clubs and talked to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bradford/when-i-was-18-years-old-there-was-no-internet-and-no-gay-teen-nights/)

[Mark Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bradford/)

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