Marina Abramovic Quotes
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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.
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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.
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I believe the artist has an obligation to society.
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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.
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When people ask me where I am from I never say, 'Serbia.' I always say, 'I come from a country that no longer exists.'
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Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.
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People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I believe that life is shorter; that is why we have to make experience longer.
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An artist should not fall in love with another artist.
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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.'
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Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.
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We are actually living in a million parallel realities every single minute.
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The mind is crazy thing. To be focused is the most difficult thing.
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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.
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So many artists say they're not aware of audience. For me is unbelievable.
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I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.
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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.
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Because of technology, we don't develop telepathy. We don't use telepathy, but use, you know, the mobile phones. Why?
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If you see a Renaissance body, this is completely ugly in this time. Everybody has to be skinny. But the Renaissance body with incredible flow of the meat everywhere, it was beauty.
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It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience.