You 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 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. The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born because of you - you've killed them in a way. Is it destiny? Was it written somewhere that this was to be your life? Is it useful that you are here? Or is it simply by chance?
Christian BoltanskiWe all die twice - once when we actually die and once when no one on earth recognizes our photograph.
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 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.
Christian Boltanski