Author: Chantal Akerman

Quotes

I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.

I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.

- Chantal Akerman

I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile.

I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile.

- Chantal Akerman

Even if I have a home in Paris and sometimes in New York, whenever I was saying I have to go home, it was going to my mother.

Even if I have a home in Paris and sometimes in New York, whenever I was saying I have to go home, it was going to my mother.

- Chantal Akerman

I grew up reading Proust all my life, and he's very dear to me.

I grew up reading Proust all my life, and he's very dear to me.

- Chantal Akerman

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