Documentation is misleading, because the performance is dead. So the very early works were not documented at all. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I had to leave some traces. In the beginning, I would give complete instructions to the photographer. In the '70s, people would come to photograph your work and you would just end up with this crazy material that had nothing… — 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
