You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance,… — 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
Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house -… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Yes, I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
You know, everyone is always talking about plastic surgery, or the technology, what to do. I really think it's important to help… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow? A black hole?' That's very important to… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I hate repetition. Even when I am home and have to buy milk, I go a different way each time to avoid… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
We are always in the space in-between... all the spaces where you are not actually at home. You haven't arrived yet… This… — 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
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
In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share
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
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
My memoirs are full of humor, I had to change jokes because it was a little too dark. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share
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
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
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
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
If I'm not nervous, I'm nervous. You never know how people are going to receive the work. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share
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
All the aggressive actions I do to myself I would never dream of doing in my own life - I am not this kind… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share
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… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share
