“It's a funny semantic turn - when someone paints a landscape, no one says they "borrowed" it, only that they painted it.” Quote by Joe Bradley
“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 as a pop art reference.” ArtCultureImaginePaintingPopsPop CulturePop ArtRetro Author:Joe Bradley
“I think what's happened in art criticism, or art thinking, in last 30 or 40 years is a confusion between the "what" - the subject - and the "how." Most attention goes to the "what," but it's the "how" that's the important part - how something is brought into being.” ThinkingYearsArtImportantLastsAttentionHappenedSubjectsCriticismConfusion Author:Joe Bradley
“I think that painting relates very neatly to inner travel and the exploration of inner worlds. With painting, I always get the impression that you're sort of entering into a shared space.” ThinkingWorldSpacePaintingImpressionRelateExplorationEnteringInner World Author:Joe Bradley
“I just think I've always been sensitive and had difficulty containing my feelings, and I've always searched for outlets for that, because otherwise those feelings come out in chaotic ways that aren't always great.” ThinkingWayFeelingsDifficultySensitiveOutletsChaoticContaining Author:Andrew Garfield
“My first tattoo is a full-on Sailor Jerry situation on my hip - it's a swallow with big spread wings. When I got it I was 20 on St. Mark's Place in New York; I just walked in in a frenzy. It's still there 17 years later and it's not a terrible thing to look at.” YearsFirstsLooksStillsBigsSituationNew YorkTerribleMarkWingsSpreadHipsTattooTerrible ThingsSailorJerryFrenzy Author:Maria Dahvana Headley
“I'm the producer of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," so I definitely have an exciting day job.” ShowsJobsExcitingProducersTonightJimmyDay Jobs Author:Josh Lieb
“I thought I was going to be a poet when I was in college, but then I found out I was poor so I decided to do something I'd get paid for.” FoundPoorCollegePoetDecidedPaid Author:Josh Lieb
“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 to fall into a sort of pastiche.” IfsThinkingSometimesMotivationFallEasyPaintingAbstractAbstractionAbstract PaintingPastiche Author:Joe Bradley
“I just feel like this skin is mine. It's aging every day and the tattoos are aging with me. So, I'm going to be an old piece of paper one day with a lot of work on it.” FeelsPiecesMinesOne DayPaperSkinsAgingTattoo Author:Maria Dahvana Headley
“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 you have more time standing at your easel if you so choose.” IfsMightInternetStandingFundamentalsSupposed To BeMore TimeConvenience Author:Joe Bradley