Marina Abramovic quotes - page 3

We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do. (Marina Abramovic)
If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they're fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave. View quote
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A powerful performance will transform everyone in the room. View quote
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You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking at one portrait, turn around, and there is a work of art directly behind you. Because it's all energy. Every single thing has energy. View quote
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To control the breathing is to control the mind. With different patterns of breathing, you can fall in love, you can hate someone, you can feel the whole spectrum of feelings just by changing your breathing. View quote
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I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and I am this little girl pulled between the two. It makes me who I am. It turns me into the kind of person that Freud would have a field day with, for sure. View quote
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When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall. View quote
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Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties. View quote
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I have always staged my fears as a way to transcend them. View quote
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I didn't get paid for performances most of my life. If I did, I would be billionaire now, and I'm not. View quote
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I believe that life is shorter; that is why we have to make experience longer. (Marina Abramovic)
Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for. View quote
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You know, everyone is always talking about plastic surgery, or the technology, what to do. I really think it's important to help yourself with the technology if you want to feel better, but I am absolutely against any kind of monstrous cuts of the body, lifting that is beyond recognition, this kind of stuff. View quote
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Americans don't like European movies. View quote
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From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that. View quote
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You know, James Franco is one of the most interesting figures because he has no rules. He breaks all the borders. View quote
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You can't choreograph death, but you can choreograph your funeral. View quote
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First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens. View quote
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You see, what is my purpose of performance artist is to stage certain difficulties and stage the fear the primordial fear of pain, of dying, all of which we have in our lives, and then stage them in front of audience and go through them and tell the audience, I'm your mirror; if I can do this in my life, you can do it in yours. View quote
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All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way. View quote
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Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow? A black hole?' That's very important to know - that you have the moment, then you lose the moment. You have to see your chances, you have to take them, and you also have to see when you don't have chances to take. (Marina Abramovic)
For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make. View quote
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In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to. View quote
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I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that. View quote
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Today, our attention is less than the television advertisement. We're looking at six or seven problems constantly. We're living in the disturbed societies of cities. I think modern technology is one of the worst things human beings have invented. View quote
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