Photography is solitary and there are lags between seeing with your eyes and seeing through the lens, and then seeing the image… — Christian Marclay Computer 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 Again Copy Share Image
It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it. — Christian Marclay Deals Copy Share Image
As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood. — Christian Marclay Art 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.… — Christian Marclay Available 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… — Christian Marclay Collectibles Copy Share Image
These things I sample, or clip, are things that we share - music, films, sounds. It triggers a layer of participation from… — Christian Marclay Audience Copy Share Image
The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them. — Christian Marclay Editing 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… — Christian Marclay Bigs Copy Share Image
You start with an idea but then so many things can happen. — Christian Marclay Ideas 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… — Christian Marclay Allowing 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… — Christian Marclay Chance 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… — Christian Marclay Crumbling Copy Share Image
You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way. — Christian Marclay Records Copy Share Image
Every person's remembering will be different. That engagement is important, I think. — Christian Marclay Different Copy Share Image
Most of my pictures are really small statements. There's a banality to them. — Christian Marclay Banality Copy Share Image
It's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too… — Christian Marclay Editing Copy Share Image
Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them. — Christian Marclay Children Copy Share Image
Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on. — Christian Marclay Computer Copy Share Image
I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing… — Christian Marclay Abstract Copy Share Image
People who care about records are always giving me a hard time. I mean, I would destroy records in performances, and break… — Christian Marclay Break 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.… — Christian Marclay Backwards Copy Share Image
When you take something apart, you get a great sense of what it took to originally put it together. — Christian Marclay Together Copy Share Image