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From the moment you are born,...

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

Artists should never think of...

Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I've been criticized by my ge...

I've been criticized by my generation, artists from the '70s - and there's nothing more tragic than artists from the '70s still doing art from the '70s - because I blur all these borders between fashion and pop.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I hate studio. For me, studio...

I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

Because of technology, we don...

Because of technology, we don't develop telepathy. We don't use telepathy, but use, you know, the mobile phones. Why?

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

You see, what is my purpose o...

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.'

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

One of my aims was to be paid...

One of my aims was to be paid as well as a plumber. Plumber was better-paid than any performance artist who was always doing this for free. It is so important to make a good living from art. You know, John Cage, until he was 60, he couldn't pay electricity.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I used to have a recurring dr...

I used to have a recurring dream where I was at a party in a country house, surrounded by the same people each evening. Everyone would be singing and dancing and after a while I came to know the people; though, of course, they never really existed.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I'm interested in asking: 'Wh...

I'm interested in asking: 'What does feminine energy mean?' I don't have answers - I just have questions and interesting examples.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

In real life, you just work f...

In real life, you just work for the ordinary self, but in the front of audience you become the superself. That's a completely different thing.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

You know I very much respect ...

You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance, and creating a wonderful physical language.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I hate kitchens. I don't unde...

I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

You know, art is very emotion...

You know, art is very emotional business. But mostly it becomes not emotional, the fabric of commodity. It becomes business. It becomes so many different things. Because we forgot there was emotions involved.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I'm interested in utopian com...

I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I am obsessive always, even a...

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.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

Most of the time, the artists...

Most of the time, the artists are not supposed to wear the fashion. It is always seen as a vanity. But I think I don't need to prove anything in my life. I can honestly say I love fashion and I can be many things at the same time.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

Being an artist is not easy -...

Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I had a very difficult relati...

I had a very difficult relationship with my mother. She used to wake me up in the middle of the night if I wasn't sleeping straight and was messing up the sheets. Now when I stay in hotels I sleep so straight they don't even think I've used the bed.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

I notice if I'm too fat or if...

I notice if I'm too fat or if I'm too ugly or there's skin hanging or whatever. When my clothes start not fitting, I get really self-conscious about what I eat.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

The public is in need of expe...

The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.

Marina Abramovic 111 quotes

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