Marina Abramovic Quotes
Top 92 wise famous quotes and sayings by Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramovic Famous Quotes & Sayings
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It's okay that we're not perfect. It's okay that we all have problems. It's okay to cry, to show emotions.
One of the most wonderful things for me is to watch somebody else perform, where I am the audience - I love this more than ever.
I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.
When people ask me where I am from I never say, 'Serbia.' I always say, 'I come from a country that no longer exists.'
Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.
I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.
Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.
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.
What you're doing is not important. What is really important is the state of mind from which you do it. Performance
From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.
In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.
It is incredible how fear is built into you, by your parents and others surrounding you. You're so innocent in the beginning; you don't know.
We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do.
When Lady Gaga says I am her inspiration, you reach kids between 12 and 18. Now I am like a brand - jeans, Coca-Cola.
I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.
You know, James Franco is one of the most interesting figures because he has no rules. He breaks all the borders.
Because of technology, we don't develop telepathy. We don't use telepathy, but use, you know, the mobile phones. Why?
Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.
For me, performance is a holy ground. When I perform, I really step into a different state of consciousness.
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.
I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.
I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.
Why am I not feminist? Maybe because I come from a country where my mother ruled my life. I never felt in any way that I couldn't achieve what I want.
The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.
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.
Immaterial art is the strongest because there's no obstacle; there's just energy, and I believe in energy.
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.
When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall.
To really change the way society thinks, you have to give your entire being to it until there's nothing left.
I had so much fear of blood, and the first thing I did was to cut myself to see what happens. That's the only way to rebuild yourself.
Once you live in New York, you can't live anywhere else. Living in Paris is like going in slow motion. It's so bourgeois. I get so bored.
I test the limits of myself in order to transform myself, but I also take the energy from the audience and transform it.
Some couples buy pots and pans when they move in together. Ulay and I began planning how to make art together.
The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.
I didn't get paid for performances most of my life. If I did, I would be billionaire now, and I'm not.