Author: Christian Marclay

Quotes

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

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

- Christian Marclay

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.

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.

- Christian Marclay

Art is all in the details.

Art is all in the details.

- Christian Marclay

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

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

- Christian Marclay

It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.

It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.

- Christian Marclay

I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.

I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.

- Christian Marclay

It's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too long.

It's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too long.

- Christian Marclay

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