The more you work, the less you exist. I believe (at least, I used to believe, because I no longer think this… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
The sole fact of having a school to train creative people is absolute lunacy... The idea of 'pedagogical vision' is ignoble, it… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
It's pretentious to say, but my art is like a little Zen story, a story with a question mark at the end.… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
We're painting the same people all our life - it's just the way we look at them that changes. If you experience… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
I think that all human activity is stupid. Artistic activity is also stupid, but you can see it more clearly. — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
In science we see progress. In art there is no progress. In art the questions have always been the same. From the… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
I believe that at the beginning of the life of every artist there is some kind of trauma. We have a problem… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
We all die twice - once when we actually die and once when no one on earth recognizes our photograph. — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
When I was four or five years old, I heard a lot of stories about the Holocaust because both my parents were survivors. I'm… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
... in the eyes of its visitors, Venice has no reality of its own. Anyone visiting the place has already seen so many pictures… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
The more you work, the less you exist. I believe (at least, I used to believe, because I no longer think this is entirely… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
There are very few times in creation in your life. One time is when you become an adult, one time is when your parents… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
I think it is very important to know that we are going to die. Now we refuse the fact of dying. There was once… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
In most of my photographic pieces I have manipulated the quality of the evidence that people assign to photography, in order to subvert it,… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born because of you – you’ve killed them in a way. — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
I never take photographs myself. I don’t feel like a photographer, more like a recycler — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
The sole fact of having a school to train creative people is absolute lunacy... The idea of 'pedagogical vision' is ignoble, it has nothing… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
It's pretentious to say, but my art is like a little Zen story, a story with a question mark at the end. People can… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
We're painting the same people all our life - it's just the way we look at them that changes. If you experience trauma, you… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
