Christian Marclay Quotes

You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

When you take something apart, you get a great sense of what it took to originally put it together.

We go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it’s entertainment, distraction, from the fact that everything is kind of crumbling in front of our eyes.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

These things I sample, or clip, are things that we share – music, films, sounds. It triggers a layer of participation from the audience as they recognize the material and remember it.