“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
“We're painting the same people all our life - it's just the way we look at them that changes. If you experience trauma, you can speak about it in so many different ways. You can speak about landscape, you can speak about your food; it's always different. Trauma is the beginning of life as an artist.” PeopleIfsWayLooksDifferentArtistSpeakOur LivesPaintingTraumaLandscapeDifferent WaysBeginning Of Life 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
“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 most of my photographic pieces I have manipulated the quality of the evidence that people assign to photography, in order to subvert it, or to show that photography lies - that what it conveys is not reality but a set of cultural codes.” PeopleShowsRealityLyingOrderQualityPiecesPhotographyEvidenceCode Author:Christian Boltanski
