27 Quotes by 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 a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

These things I sample, or clip, are things that we share - music, films, sounds. It triggers a layer of participation from the audience as they recognize the material and remember it.

Art is all in the details.

Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.

The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.

Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them.

It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.

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.