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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.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  Mom , Never , She , Artist


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.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  Me , Work , Day , Society


Life, work - it's all very organic and fluid, a laboratory. I always tell people: whatever your thing is, you just have to be in it. Jump in; you'll figure it out.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  Life , You , People , Work


My mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  Me , Mom , Free , Spirit


I don't look at things in black and white. There are big gray areas. There's a lot of slippage.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  Look , Black , Black And White , White


I just like artist-driven projects, but for artists themselves: artist spaces, artist mentor programs, and artists buying buildings and making lofts. Doing whatever we can do. Because at the end of the day, I really think that we as a community only have each other.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  Day , Think , Community , End Of The Day


The police pull up in back of my car and run my plates - they don't see you as you are; they see you through a racialized negative gaze. I think the best thing is not to internalize it too much, or it'll make you crazy because you know it's going to happen again.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  You , Crazy , Best , Car


I figure if you have one person that loves you, that's enough, growing up. You just need one person in your corner.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  You , Growing Up , Person , Enough


That's how I make work. Along the way, I take notes, I read about history and popular culture. Sometimes I act out things in the studio. I go back to my mother's hair salon so I can hear three voices going all at once. I pull inspiration from everything.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  Work , History , Culture , Mother


In the neighborhood where my studio is, in South Central Los Angeles, there are a lot of immigrant-owned businesses. I'm constantly amazed at the level of work they do. It's above anything. For me, I think I pattern myself on that work ethic.

Author: Mark Bradford - American Artist
  Me , Myself , Work , Think


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