I have always been very intrigued by the outside of buildings. I can just walk down the street and be content with watching facades. I don't have to go inside. Mark Bradford buildingcontentfacade Change image and share on social
My mom was an orphan, and there was never anybody to tell her what she could or couldn't do. At the core, she's probably an artist - an artist and a feminist. Mark Bradford artistcorefeminist Change image and share on social
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 belongchooseexpect share on social
If Home Depot doesn't have it, Mark Bradford doesn't need it. Mark Bradford bradforddepothome Change image and share on social
I don't know why so many artists talk about the mainstream's problems from the fringe. I think, unfortunately, it's almost like our education makes us too safe and terrified to step into the world. Mark Bradford artisteducationfringe Change image and share on social
I'm kind of an insecure artist. I hop from piece to piece. I always think my life depends on every painting. Every painting is my first painting. Mark Bradford artistdependhop Change image and share on social
At the end of the day, I'm an artist. I may make work and decide to do something political, but it will come out of an artist's position. It won't come out of society telling me I have to. If I do, it's because I choose, as an artist, to do it. Mark Bradford artistchooseday share on social
I look at art as a container. You can't get inside it, so you have to ask all of these questions. Mark Bradford artcontainerinside Change image and share on social
I don't look at things in black and white. There are big gray areas. There's a lot of slippage. Mark Bradford areabigblack Change image and share on social
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 artfunnyhistory share on social