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title: "2 Charisma Quotes By Marina Abramovic"
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> [In the performer's body, you don't care how you look. It doesn't matter if you're old, fat, beautiful, or ugly. It doesn't change anything. The only thing is your charisma and how you express your idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/in-the-performer-s-body-you-don-t-care-how-you-look-it-doesn-t-matter/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/marina-abramovic-1502_actors_in-the-performer-s-body-you-don-t-care-h_280323.jpg)

> [I was friends with Susan Sontag the last four years of her life. She had this amazing charisma and so much energy, but she had a sad little funeral in Montparnasse in Paris. It was rainy. It was all wrong.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/i-was-friends-with-susan-sontag-the-last-four-years-of-her-life-she/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/marina-abramovic-1502_amazing_i-was-friends-with-susan-sontag-the-last_922491.jpg)

## Other authors on Charisma

- [Susan C. Young 44 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charisma/susan-c-young/)

## More by Marina Abramovic

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/i-really-think-there-s-no-difference-between-an-art-piece-made-by-a/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/i-hate-studios-a-studio-is-a-black-hole-i-never-use-a-studio-to-work/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/in-my-work-i-have-complete-control-but-about-my-life-i-don-t-want-to/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/performance-is-there-and-if-you-are-not-there-in-that-moment-it/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/i-can-explain-my-work-to-the-cleaner-or-the-president-it-s-all-the/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [My memoirs are full of humor, I had to change jokes because it was a little too dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/my-memoirs-are-full-of-humor-i-had-to-change-jokes-because-it-was-a/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [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!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/to-be-in-a-magazine-when-you-re-20-is-okay-but-when-you-do-it-when/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [Most of the time, the artists are not supposed to wear the fashion. It is always seen as a vanity. But I think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/most-of-the-time-the-artists-are-not-supposed-to-wear-the-fashion-it/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [You know, art is very emotional business. But mostly it becomes not emotional, the fabric of commodity. It becomes business. It becomes so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/you-know-art-is-very-emotional-business-but-mostly-it-becomes-not/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/i-didn-t-give-any-instruction-to-the-video-because-it-was-a-new/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [If I'm not nervous, I'm nervous. You never know how people are going to receive the work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/if-i-m-not-nervous-i-m-nervous-you-never-know-how-people-are-going-to/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/today-our-attention-is-less-than-the-television-advertisement-we-re/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [Art comes from life, not from the studio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/art-comes-from-life-not-from-the-studio/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [All the aggressive actions I do to myself I would never dream of doing in my own life - I am not this kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/all-the-aggressive-actions-i-do-to-myself-i-would-never-dream-of/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

> [It's so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you're afraid of something, face it; go for it. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/it-s-so-easy-to-do-things-you-like-but-then-the-thing-is-when-you-re/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

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