There are very few times in creation in your life. One time is when you become an adult, one time is when your parents die, and the other time is when you are very old.
Christian BoltanskiWe all die twice - once when we actually die and once when no one on earth recognizes our photograph.
Christian BoltanskiI never take photographs myself. I donโt feel like a photographer, more like a recycler
Christian BoltanskiYou 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.
Christian BoltanskiI believe that at the beginning of the life of every artist there is some kind of trauma. We have a problem and all of our life we try to speak about this problem. My trauma was historical. When I was three or four, all the friends of my parents were survivors of the Holocaust; they spoke a lot about that. My father was hiding during the war, it was something totally present when I was a boy. It is sure that it has made me.
Christian Boltanski