Maybe I don't have the same sense of humor. Maybe people aren't comfortable gauging a painting that way. They think that if it's a painting then it must be serious. I think Picasso can be hilarious, to name one example. — 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 that I was vehemently of pissed off about, I would end up loving them two years later. So I just tried to mellow out. Like there's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't… — Joe Bradley Copy Share
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
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
