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> [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 was really drawn to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/pipilotti-rist-is-a-swiss-video-artist-i-learned-about-pretty-early/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

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## More by Martine Syms

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/pipilotti-rist-is-a-swiss-video-artist-i-learned-about-pretty-early/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/i-was-very-conscious-of-the-film-industry-a-lot-of-people-neighbors/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/there-s-an-uncanniness-to-living-in-los-angeles-from-the-way-you-move/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [Pop culture or advertising doesn't work perfectly. No one is watching and mindlessly accepting every part of the narrative or ideology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/pop-culture-or-advertising-doesn-t-work-perfectly-no-one-is-watching/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [Entrepreneurs create value; I wanted to create ideas that became machines for making value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/entrepreneurs-create-value-i-wanted-to-create-ideas-that-became/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [If some things don't make me feel good, I stop them. How simple, yet so hard to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/if-some-things-don-t-make-me-feel-good-i-stop-them-how-simple-yet-so/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/there-s-a-certain-amount-of-absurdity-to-the-idea-that-having/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [I'm interested in the economy of words and forms: jokes, aphorisms, copywriting, advertising, that way of writing when meaning has to be squeezed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/i-m-interested-in-the-economy-of-words-and-forms-jokes-aphorisms/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [I guess I can be a little mischievous!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/i-guess-i-can-be-a-little-mischievous/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/my-family-my-background-it-just-parallels-really-nicely-with-a-lot-of/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [People act like art is a white thing - or not for people of colour - when, really, so much culture and art comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/people-act-like-art-is-a-white-thing-or-not-for-people-of-colour-when/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [Representation is a sort of surveillance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/representation-is-a-sort-of-surveillance/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [There's no reason to be ashamed of feeling good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/there-s-no-reason-to-be-ashamed-of-feeling-good/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/i-have-said-it-before-and-i-will-continue-to-say-that-i-don-t-think/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

> [It's very comforting to feel myself getting stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/it-s-very-comforting-to-feel-myself-getting-stronger/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

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