Marina Abramovic Quotes
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You're only as good as your last song. That's something somebody told me, and it's so true. You've just gotta keep putting yourself out there, even promoting 'God Made Girls.'
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
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Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. But that screen was just calling me.
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Be reactionary. React to what the market wants. And the market wants one-on-one real time engagement. Now that we have the tools to engage, I'm going to continue fighting for the end user.
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Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations.
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You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.
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I feel like science and art are cousins.
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Artists talk in 'art speak.'
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Unless I'm asked to dress up in a costume, TV shows prefer a clean, modern look, so I've developed a wardrobe full of plain, bright colours. If it's an outdoors job, I just wear big jumpers.
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I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me.
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Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.
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Live life, because when you stop and look around, you see a wonderful world.
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I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.
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You're starting to see a lot of fighters, like, 'We want more money so we can be able to retire eventually,' instead of, we get to 30 years old, and we're like, 'Alright, I think Costco has openings.'
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It is a luxury to do something that serves no practical purpose: the luxury of civilization.
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I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.
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Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.
