I have said it before and I will continue to say that I don’t think art is the most effective form of protest. I don’t think it changes policy; I think it changes discourse, and discourse can change ideas, and for me, that’s what it’s about: having that space for conversation. Martine Syms Read Quote
When I’m working on something, even when I don’t know exactly where it’s going, I have a sense of what I’d like to make. So maybe doing things right is following that sense even when I stop trusting myself. The rightness is in the process, even if it doesn’t match up with my plans. Martine Syms Read Quote
I’m interested in the economy of words and forms: jokes, aphorisms, copywriting, advertising, that way of writing when meaning has to be squeezed into as few words as possible. Martine Syms Read Quote
Pop culture or advertising doesn’t work perfectly. No one is watching and mindlessly accepting every part of the narrative or ideology. Martine Syms Read Quote
Los Angeles is an uncanny place to live. It has many science fiction qualities. For example, when I’m standing in line at the supermarket and I recognise the person in front of me, but I can’t figure out how I know them. Suddenly, I realise I saw them in some random commercial six years ago. Martine Syms Read Quote
Entrepreneurs create value; I wanted to create ideas that became machines for making value. Martine Syms Read Quote
There’s a certain amount of absurdity to the idea that having extremely crisp clothes is what’s going to get you through the door. And there’s a certain sad reality to it, too. Martine Syms Read Quote
I played sports growing up, and I worked out a lot. Then, when I moved back to L.A., I just fell off everything. Martine Syms Read Quote
