I’ve been round the world several times and now only banality still interests me.

Nothing sorts out memories from ordinary moments. It is only later that they claim remembrance, when they show their scars.

When men die, they enter history. When statues die, they enter art. This botany of death is what we call culture.

What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present.

I’ve been round the world several times and now only banality still interests me.

And always the animals from each trip you bring back a gaze a pose a gesture that points to the truest of humanity better than images of humanity itself

I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.