“When I was four or five years old, I heard a lot of stories about the Holocaust because both my parents were survivors. I'm sure that was very important in my life. My father snuck out from under the floorboards to make love to my mother. I can't imagine why they kept me.” YearsI CanImportantStoriesMotherFatherParentFiveFourImagineHeardFive YearsSurvivorHolocaustMaking LoveFive Year Olds Author:Christian Boltanski
“The science about life is very optimistic. Every second, four people in the world die, and six are born. This is optimistic.” PeopleWorldLife IsDiesBornFourSixOptimisticEvery Second Author:Christian Boltanski
“I 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.” TryingBelieveKindMadeWarProblemArtistThreeFatherSpeakI BelieveParentBoysFourOur LivesHistoricalTraumaSpokesSurvivorHidingHolocaust Author:Christian Boltanski
