“I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and I am this little girl pulled between the two. It makes me who I am. It turns me into the kind of person that Freud would have a field day with, for sure.” KindChildrenLittlesPersonsTwoTurnsGirlSidesFieldsWho I AmCommunismOrthodoxStrictObsessiveTurn Me Author:Marina Abramovic
“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.” IfsThinkingUsedMotherNightDifficultSleepMiddleBedHotelSheetsMiddle Of The NightMessing UpDifficult Relationship Author:Marina Abramovic
“I notice if I'm too fat or if I'm too ugly or there's skin hanging or whatever. When my clothes start not fitting, I get really self-conscious about what I eat.” IfsSelfClothesConsciousSkinsUglyFatsSelf ConsciousFittingNot Fitting Author:Marina Abramovic
“If we go for the easy way, then we never change.” IfsWayEasyNever ChangeEasy Way Author:Marina Abramovic
“The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is” WorldNeedsShowsRealityArtist Author:Marina Abramovic
“If you're a baker, making bread, you're a baker. If you make the best bread in the world, you're not an artist, but if you bake the bread in the gallery, you're an artist. So the context makes the difference.” IfsWorldArtistDifferencesBreadGalleryBakers Author:Marina Abramovic
“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.” FeelsMindDifferentWholeFeelingsHateFallLove YouFalling In LovePatternsBreathingSpectrum 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 cities. I think modern technology is one of the worst things human beings have invented.” ThinkingHumansProblemTodayHuman BeingsCitiesAttentionTechnologyModernWorstTelevisionSixSevenWorst ThingsDisturbedAdvertisementsModern Technology Author:Marina Abramovic
“When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.” BigsFacesBoysBabyTerribleBottomShoesUglyNosesCoveredMetalsPrincessButtonsTypicalSkirtsHaircutsPimplesBlousesBig Nose Author:Marina Abramovic
“Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow? A black hole?' That's very important to know - that you have the moment, then you lose the moment. You have to see your chances, you have to take them, and you also have to see when you don't have chances to take.” KnowsImportantMomentsTodayStarsBlackLosesLinesChanceWonderfulTomorrowHolesWoodyBlack Hole Author:Marina Abramovic
“You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking at one portrait, turn around, and there is a work of art directly behind you. Because it's all energy. Every single thing has energy.” KnowsFeelsArtTurnsEnergyBehindsKnow HowWorks Of ArtPortraitsGalleryBehind YouHow You FeelArt Galleries Author:Marina Abramovic
“You know, everyone is always talking about plastic surgery, or the technology, what to do. I really think it's important to help yourself with the technology if you want to feel better, but I am absolutely against any kind of monstrous cuts of the body, lifting that is beyond recognition, this kind of stuff.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantFeelsKindImportantHelpingBodyStuffTalkingTechnologyCuttingRecognitionPlasticFeel BetterSurgeryLiftingMonstrousPlastic SurgeryHelp Yourself Author:Marina Abramovic
