“I think it is very important to know that we are going to die. Now we refuse the fact of dying. There was once serenity in dying where you had all your children around you in a ceremony and would utter your last words with something like, 'I love the sky'.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenImportantFactsLastsDiesSkyDyingOur ChildrenRefuseYour ChildrenSerenityLast WordsCeremony Author:Christian Boltanski
“I was lucky to be born during the time of minimalism. I think I can be colder because of this. In form I speak with minimalism but my feeling is sentimental - I am a sentimental minimalist.” ThinkingI CanFeelingsFormSpeakBornLuckySentimentalMinimalismMinimalist Author:Christian Boltanski
“I think that all human activity is stupid. Artistic activity is also stupid, but you can see it more clearly.” ThinkingHumansStupidActivityArtisticHuman Activity Author:Christian Boltanski
“The more you work, the less you exist. I believe (at least, I used to believe, because I no longer think this is entirely true) that the artist is like someone carrying a mirror in which everyone can look and recognize themselves, so that the person who carries the mirror ends up being nothing.” ThinkingBelieveLooksPersonsEndsUsedArtistI BelieveMirrorsCarrie Author:Christian Boltanski