I've always worn a hat when I work. I think it also comes from a picture of Rothko I saw with a painter's hat on.
Brice MardenHolding together a kind of tension. When you see a painting that's really good that's what it's doing.
Brice MardenI'm much more concerned about what artists think. But as you get older you tend to get much more isolated; you're not out in the bar, having long drunken arguments on the benefits of your work vs. someone else's. It's hard to know how people are looking at it, and you don't get much feedback. The written critical stuff seems to be the feedback, but that's hard to interpret.
Brice MardenI smoke pot when I work. I take a couple of tokes before I start. It just loosens you up.
Brice Marden