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> [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/)

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## 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/)

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