People who care about records are always giving me a hard time. I mean, I would destroy records in performances, and break them, and whatever I could do to them to create a sound that was something else than just… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play it backwards. If that doesn't work, you try it at a different speed. If it really doesn't work you just… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
Photography is solitary and there are lags between seeing with your eyes and seeing through the lens, and then seeing the image on your… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again. — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it. — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood. — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
[Photography] can be tiny, on your phone, or it can be a billboard, or a film-sized projection, or printed in a magazine. I don't… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
It was part of a financial situation. I could only afford records in thrift stores. Then you could find wonderful things, but now everything… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
These things I sample, or clip, are things that we share - music, films, sounds. It triggers a layer of participation from the audience… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them. — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
I've never been a big cinephile, which may be why I could treat 'The Clock' like a puzzle and force the pieces to fit… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
I've worked with collage a lot. And there's this chance thing that happens - you don't always control things. Why did you find this… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
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… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way. — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
![“[Photography] can be tiny, on your phone, or it can be a billboard, or a film-sized projection, or printed in a magazine. I don't think we've been in a time before when so much photography is available in so many formats, when everybody is a photographer.” quote by Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c43/christian-marclay-23269_available_photography-can-be-tiny-on-your-phone-or_479114.jpg)
