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> [If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/if-you-make-something-good-and-interesting-and-not-ridiculing-someone/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

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## More by Christian Marclay

> [Photography is solitary and there are lags between seeing with your eyes and seeing through the lens, and then seeing the image on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/photography-is-solitary-and-there-are-lags-between-seeing-with-your/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/with-improvisation-i-just-do-it-it-might-be-a-total-failure-but-then/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/it-s-the-way-life-is-i-suppose-whatever-happens-you-deal-with-it/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/as-an-artist-you-re-always-somewhat-obscure-we-re-not-talking/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [ \[Photography\] 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/photography-can-be-tiny-on-your-phone-or-it-can-be-a-billboard-or-a/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [It was part of a financial situation. I could only afford records in thrift stores. Then you could find wonderful things, but now everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/it-was-part-of-a-financial-situation-i-could-only-afford-records-in/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [These things I sample, or clip, are things that we share - music, films, sounds. It triggers a layer of participation from the audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/these-things-i-sample-or-clip-are-things-that-we-share-music-films/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/the-process-of-editing-is-what-i-enjoy-most-putting-the-pieces/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [I have never been much of a painter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/i-have-never-been-much-of-a-painter/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/i-ve-never-been-a-big-cinephile-which-may-be-why-i-could-treat-the/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [You start with an idea but then so many things can happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/you-start-with-an-idea-but-then-so-many-things-can-happen/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/record-without-a-cover-was-about-allowing-the-medium-to-come-through/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/i-ve-worked-with-collage-a-lot-and-there-s-this-chance-thing-that/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/we-go-to-the-movies-to-forget-about-time-to-be-in-a-dream-state-and/)

[Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-marclay/)

> [You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-marclay/you-can-get-so-many-sounds-out-of-one-record-every-record-can-be-used/)

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