56 Quotes by Mark Bradford

I am fully present wherever I am. Why bother being in a community or neighborhood and not being fully present? I think that's colonization. I'm not interested in that.

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.

I have always been interested in people who live outside of the fabric of the norm.

I fell through the holes in the educational system. But education is still a way to change a life.

I ended up being an example. That let me know that this guy was serious.

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.

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

We have to tighten some things up. We need to be a little more patient.

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.