Christian Marclay Quotes

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 is kind of crumbling in front of our eyes.

Christian Marclay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: January 11, 1955

Topics

EyesTimeDreamForgetMoviesKind

I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to make it as a musician. I lived in a big squalid house full of dudes outside of Boston. We were all musicians. We built this studio in the basement and played there all hours of the day.

Jesse Andrews

MusicDaySchoolCollegeHigh School

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

Andrew Young

LuxuryBedSoftKingdomsMany

It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.

Sonny Terry

LearnEasyDifficultMasterVery

There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about.

Shirley Knight

FamilyFatherMotherChildrenYou

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

Mike Tyson

WomanBlackKnowHardHow

Music is chaos. When I write songs, I'm opening the door to madness.

Josh Tillman

MusicDoorChaosMadnessOpening

Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear.

Jonathan Sacks

FearLiveFaithDayPeopleFree

I will greet every person who comes to my workshops and seminars.

Diamond Dallas Page

PersonWillWhoEveryGreet

I just want to sleep, and eat, and learn about what's going on in the world.

Debra Winger

SleepWorldLearnWantEatGoing

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Donald Rumsfeld

IntegrityYouUpConvenienceTrip

I've always been a pretty hard worker. That's how I've written over a hundred books.

Colin Wilson

HardAlwaysOverPrettyBeenBooks

I'm a self trained, autodidactic artist, so all I was ever trying to do was to draw as realistically as possible - but that's what comes out, because I don't really know how to draw! I think when I draw characters, I'm able to reduce them down to little marks that capture the most distinct elements of them.

Box Brown

ThinkSelfTryingArtistDownKnow

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