Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt

Christian Boltanski
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That art is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt, is what I wanted to say. The true meaning of art is that it makes the truth felt in its audience, in its viewers. For example, when you are in front of a piece of art, something seems to come alive, something that you didn’t know existed within you or within the artist. You feel emotions or feelings that you didn’t have before. That’s the meaning of art.

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