In most of my photographic pieces I have manipulated the quality of the evidence that people assign to photography, in order to subvert it, or to show that photography lies - that what it conveys is not reality but a… — 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
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
... 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
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
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
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
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
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
I never take photographs myself. I don’t feel like a photographer, more like a recycler — Christian Boltanski Copy Share
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
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
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
I like looking at the finger of God. Why it takes one and not another, why this one or that one, why now or… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share
Photography is used to give evidence, and the evidence is always deceiving. — Christian Boltanski Copy Share
I think that all human activity is stupid. Artistic activity is also stupid, but you can see it more clearly. — Christian Boltanski Copy Share
