Arles

"From the dawn of history to the present day, Arles has continued to accumulate, preserve, add to, reuse and to turn away from the traces of its legacy, as the scars of its destiny. The miracle of this town full of memories is that all of the relics from the past have been buried deep down, to live in the light of its present in harmony. The subtle curiosity and analytical finesse of Michel Bourguet have saved him from succumbing to the devastating fantasy of this "living museum", which has given us so much trouble! He quickly realized that what he calls "the other things" were good, "essential" and even necessary, in order to grasp the magnitude of the paradoxes of Arles."
Jean-Maurice Rouquette, Honorary Chief Curator of the Arles Museum.