“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 your skill set; your skills have to catch up with the things you see in your head. But it's important to make all of those paintings, even the failed ones.” TryingImportantReasonSeemsHappensLostPaintingSkillsVariousPhasesCompass Author:Joe Bradley
“A picture can be funny and also weep inducing. One cries for many reasons. The state of weeping, for me, is induced by recognition of a rarified level of integration - thinking about what must it have taken to reach that integration.” ThinkingStatesReasonLevelsTakenCryRecognitionIntegrationWeeping Author:Joe Bradley
“I'm not a planner. I should be more articulate about what the imagery means, but I don't have a good reason for it; it's just there.” ShouldMeanReasonImageryPlanners Author:Joe Bradley