Painting has this ability to send the viewer [backward], but it's also this physical object in the room with you. It's always knocking you back into the present moment, which I find very pleasurable. — 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
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