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> [The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born because of you – you’ve killed them in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/the-fact-that-you-were-born-means-that-there-are-no-other-children/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

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> [You are what you are because your parents made love at that exact moment, and if they made love one second after you would be different. The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/you-are-what-you-are-because-your-parents-made-love-at-that-exact-2/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

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## Other authors on Because of you

## More by Christian Boltanski

> [We all die twice - once when we actually die and once when no one on earth recognizes our photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/we-all-die-twice-once-when-we-actually-die-and-once-when-no-one-on/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/when-i-was-four-or-five-years-old-i-heard-a-lot-of-stories-about-the/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [... in the eyes of its visitors, Venice has no reality of its own. Anyone visiting the place has already seen so many pictures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/in-the-eyes-of-its-visitors-venice-has-no-reality-of-its-own-anyone/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [The more you work, the less you exist. I believe (at least, I used to believe, because I no longer think this is entirely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/the-more-you-work-the-less-you-exist-i-believe-at-least-i-used-to/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [There are very few times in creation in your life. One time is when you become an adult, one time is when your parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/there-are-very-few-times-in-creation-in-your-life-one-time-is-when/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [I think it is very important to know that we are going to die. Now we refuse the fact of dying. There was once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/i-think-it-is-very-important-to-know-that-we-are-going-to-die-now-we/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [In most of my photographic pieces I have manipulated the quality of the evidence that people assign to photography, in order to subvert it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/in-most-of-my-photographic-pieces-i-have-manipulated-the-quality-of/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born because of you – you’ve killed them in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/the-fact-that-you-were-born-means-that-there-are-no-other-children/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [I never take photographs myself. I don’t feel like a photographer, more like a recycler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/i-never-take-photographs-myself-i-don-t-feel-like-a-photographer-more/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [The sole fact of having a school to train creative people is absolute lunacy... The idea of 'pedagogical vision' is ignoble, it has nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/the-sole-fact-of-having-a-school-to-train-creative-people-is-absolute/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/it-s-pretentious-to-say-but-my-art-is-like-a-little-zen-story-a-story/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/we-re-painting-the-same-people-all-our-life-it-s-just-the-way-we-look/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [I like looking at the finger of God. Why it takes one and not another, why this one or that one, why now or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/i-like-looking-at-the-finger-of-god-why-it-takes-one-and-not-another/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [Photography is used to give evidence, and the evidence is always deceiving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/photography-is-used-to-give-evidence-and-the-evidence-is-always/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

> [I think that all human activity is stupid. Artistic activity is also stupid, but you can see it more clearly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-boltanski/i-think-that-all-human-activity-is-stupid-artistic-activity-is-also/)

[Christian Boltanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-boltanski/)

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