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As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: Always Artist Hollywood Not Talking Obscure Somewhat Talking You

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I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: Abstract Admire American Art Artists Culture Japanese Now Pop Right Same Same Time Time

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I have never been much of a painter.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: Been Much Never Painter

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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 together in odd ways.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: Been Big Clock Could Fit Force Like May Never Odd Pieces Puzzle Together Treat Ways Which Why

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When you take something apart, you get a great sense of what it took to originally put it together.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: Apart Get Great Great Sense Originally Put Sense Something Take Together Took You

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It's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too long.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: Away Editing Front Get Good Long Screen Sitting Suite Too Unhealthy Very

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You start with an idea but then so many things can happen.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: Happen Idea Many Start Then Things You

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'Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: About Allowing Be Different Change Come Copy Could Cover Different Document Making Medium Next Performance Record Through Time Without Would

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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 the sound that was in the groove.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: About Always Break Care Could Create Destroy Else Giving Groove Hard Hard Time Just Me Mean People Performance Records Something Something Else Sound Than Them Time Whatever Who Would

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You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way.

~Christian Marclay

Topics: Every Get Many Out Record Some Sounds Used Way You

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Artist

Born: January 11th, 1955

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