“The sole fact of having a school to train creative people is absolute lunacy... The idea of 'pedagogical vision' is ignoble, it has nothing to do with art, it's contrary to art. I really believe in teaching, despite what I say.” PeopleBelieveArtIdeasFactsSchoolEducationVisionCreativeTeachingAbsolutesTrainContraryDespiteSoleCreative PeopleIgnobleLunacy 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 take from it what they need. If somebody says, "Your art is very funny," I say, "You are totally right." If somebody says, "Your art is very sad," I say, "You are totally right." In Japan they say, "Your art is very Japanese, you even look Japanese.Your great-grandfather was most surely a Japanese man." And I say, "You are totally right."” PeopleIfsMenNeedsLooksLittlesArtEndsStoriesArt IsMarkJapanGrandfatherPretentiousVery SadQuestion MarkGreat Grandfather Author:Christian Boltanski
“In science we see progress. In art there is no progress. In art the questions have always been the same. From the beginning of time till now, we are always asking the same questions. There are very few. We are looking for God, we are asking why we die, we are contemplating sex and the beauty of nature. The only thing that changes is that, in each period of questioning, we speak with the language of our time.” ArtDiesSpeakLanguageSexProgressPeriodsAskingOur TimeQuestioningContemplatingNature BeautyAsking Why Author:Christian Boltanski
“Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt” ArtFeltTelling The TruthArt Making Author:Christian Boltanski
