I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Performance is there, and if you are not there in that moment it happened, it just stays in the memory. It's so… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Most of the time, the artists are not supposed to wear the fashion. It is always seen as a vanity. But I… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
You know, art is very emotional business. But mostly it becomes not emotional, the fabric of commodity. It becomes business. It becomes… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
There are so many rules in the art world. I don't like rules and I break them all the time. I don't… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I really don't like art where you need to know so much theory to understand. If the theory is removed, it doesn't… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing because it is demanding all of you.” — Marina Abramović Copy Share Image
Do you know what's most interesting? Working with the very strong restrictions of the institution. In the Renaissance, the aristocrats would order… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I've been criticized by my generation, artists from the '70s - and there's nothing more tragic than artists from the '70s still… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Theater is something that as a performance artist you have to hate. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“Much later on, I read a statement of Bruce Nauman's: “Art is a matter of life and death.” It sounds melodramatic, but… — Marina Abramović Copy Share Image
From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I realise the power of art that does not hang on the walls of galleries. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I have found that long durational art is really the key to changing consciousness. On such a deep level. Not just the… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it a good… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I hate studios. A studio is a black hole. I never use a studio to work. It's very artificial to go to a studio… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Performance is there, and if you are not there in that moment it happened, it just stays in the memory. It's so immaterial and… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I can explain my work to the cleaner or the president; it's all the same to me. I am very communist in this way. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
My memoirs are full of humor, I had to change jokes because it was a little too dark. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
To be in a magazine when you're 20 is okay, but when you do it when you're 65, it's much more fun! — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Most of the time, the artists are not supposed to wear the fashion. It is always seen as a vanity. But I think I… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
You know, art is very emotional business. But mostly it becomes not emotional, the fabric of commodity. It becomes business. It becomes so many… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I didn't give any instruction to the video, because it was a new medium. I didn't know what to tell him; it was so… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
If I'm not nervous, I'm nervous. You never know how people are going to receive the work. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
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… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
