I'm interested in the economy of words and forms: jokes…

Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss video artist I learned about pretty early on. She's one of the first contemporary artists I knew about and…

— Martine Syms

I was very conscious of the film industry - a lot of people, neighbors, worked in it. I actually grew up doing a bit…

— Martine Syms

There's an uncanniness to living in Los Angeles, from the way you move through the city to the moments of feeling familiarity or deja…

— Martine Syms

Pop culture or advertising doesn't work perfectly. No one is watching and mindlessly accepting every part of the narrative or ideology.

— Martine Syms

Entrepreneurs create value; I wanted to create ideas that became machines for making value.

— Martine Syms

If some things don't make me feel good, I stop them. How simple, yet so hard to do.

— Martine Syms

There's a certain amount of absurdity to the idea that having extremely crisp clothes is what's going to get you through the door. And…

— Martine Syms

I guess I can be a little mischievous!

— Martine Syms

My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements.

— Martine Syms

People act like art is a white thing - or not for people of colour - when, really, so much culture and art comes…

— Martine Syms

Representation is a sort of surveillance.

— Martine Syms

There's no reason to be ashamed of feeling good.

— Martine Syms

I have said it before and I will continue to say that I don't think art is the most effective form of protest. I…

— Martine Syms

It's very comforting to feel myself getting stronger.

— Martine Syms

I think I do more fiction than autobiography.

— Martine Syms