I never understood why anyone cared about the Kardashians until a friend, who's Latina, told me that she liked them because they're a family who look like hers. I was able to appreciate them differently. — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
Growing up in a specific area has a certain sociological and economic reason, so I'm interested in using myself as a case study to look as those things. — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Pop culture or advertising doesn't work perfectly. No one is watching and mindlessly accepting every part of the narrative or ideology. — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs create value; I wanted to create ideas that became machines for making value. — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
If some things don't make me feel good, I stop them. How simple, yet so hard to do. — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements. — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
People act like art is a white thing - or not for people of colour - when, really, so much culture and art comes… — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
