The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art.… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I guess I have no motivation to make an abstract painting, even if they sometimes read as abstract. I think, with abstraction,… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I've had phases where the compass point seems lost. It can happen for various reasons, among them, that you're trying to do… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of concentration required to make a painting, different kinds of being present. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
You have the 20th century wrapping up and everything is moving at this breakneck speed? And then, painting is still walking. It's… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
When there's a painting in the room, my eye goes right to it. It's like if you go into a bar and… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I remember looking at books when I was in high school, but I don't think I really stood in front of a… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I can only think of a handful of artists that can make a funny painting or a funny sculpture without it feeling… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I think painting has that unique potential to project opposing viewpoints. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
Technology's always changing. There was a time where oil painting was a new technology. That changed painting. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
Painting has this ability to send the viewer [backward], but it's also this physical object in the room with you. It's always… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
Paintings exist in the present tense, yet somehow, because of how it's structured, it can move backwards through time as well. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
Maybe I don't have the same sense of humor. Maybe people aren't comfortable gauging a painting that way. They think that if… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I think you do kind of slip into a trance when you look at a painting. At least I do. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I think that painting relates very neatly to inner travel and the exploration of inner worlds. With painting, I always get the… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I think that time moves slower in painting. And maybe that accounts for a lot of the anxiety around painting in the… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
When I was younger I was very opinionated about art. And then, I realized that I kind of recognized this pattern where the things… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. If you're… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I think what's happened in art criticism, or art thinking, in last 30 or 40 years is a confusion between the "what" - the… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
It's a funny semantic turn - when someone paints a landscape, no one says they "borrowed" it, only that they painted it. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I guess I have no motivation to make an abstract painting, even if they sometimes read as abstract. I think, with abstraction, it's easy… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I've had phases where the compass point seems lost. It can happen for various reasons, among them, that you're trying to do something outside… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of concentration required to make a painting, different kinds of being present. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
The internet might be a convenience, but it hasn't yet, for me, been a fundamental reordering. These things are supposed to be time-savers, so… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
A fake friend is your best friend at the perfect time so keep your eyes wide and never lend a dime - Joe Bradley — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I give myself different roles. I think in different ways on different days. Sometimes I think of it as cooking - different flavors and… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in popular culture, particularly. I'm not against it, I'm not avoiding it, but I'm not interested in it as a force… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
![“Painting has this ability to send the viewer [backward], but…” quote by Joe Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d6d/joe-bradley-15222_ability_painting-has-this-ability-to-send-the-vi_2133423.jpg)
