I've filled my whole life trying to preserve the memory of living, in the fight against dying. Perhaps the only thing I've done, since stopping death is impossible, is to show this fight. The fight itself does not satisfy us either.

The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born because of you – you’ve killed them in a way.

I've filled my whole life trying to preserve the memory of living, in the fight against dying. Perhaps the only thing I've done, since stopping death is impossible, is to show this fight. The fight itself does not satisfy us either.

... in the eyes of its visitors, Venice has no reality of its own. Anyone visiting the place has already seen so many pictures of it that they can only attempt to view it via these clichés, and they take home photographs of Venice that are similar to the ones they already knew. Venice [is] becoming like one of those painted backdrops that photographers use in their studio.

The science about life is very optimistic. Every second, four people in the world die, and six are born. This is optimistic.

Photography is used to give evidence, and the evidence is always deceiving.

The photo replaces the memory. When someone dies, after a while you can't visualize them anymore, you only remember them through their pictures.