“Don't even ask me why. I do not know, I have no answer to this insane behaviour.” KnowsAsksAnswersInsaneAsk MeBehaviour Author:Marina Abramovic
“There are so many rules in the art world. I don't like rules and I break them all the time. I don't care if people think I'm overexposed. What I care about is if I'm going to run out of energy. Overexposure is only a problem if you are drained of energy and cannot come up with new ideas. Every artist has to recognize that and know when to stop for a moment.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldArtIdeasMomentsProblemCareRunningArtistEnergyBreakCome UpDon't CareI Don't CareNew IdeasI CareArt WorldDrainedOverexposure Author:Marina Abramovic
“First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.” KnowsGivingFirstsArtHappensPercentPerformancesPerformance ArtGive 100 Percent 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 different things. Because we forgot there was emotions involved.” KnowsArtDifferentEmotionEmotionalInvolvedArt IsDifferent ThingsFabricCommodity Author:Marina Abramovic
“You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance, and creating a wonderful physical language.” KnowsImportantLanguageWonderfulModernDevelopmentCreatingModern Dance Author:Marina Abramovic
“You know the movie "Rashomon" from [Takeshi] Kurosawa, when all the people in the forest see something different? Each performance was like that.” PeopleKnowsDifferentPerformancesForestsKurosawa 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 young. I did the piece and immediately after the piece, I wanted to see the material.” KnowsGivingWantedYoungPiecesMaterialsVideoMediumsInstruction Author:Marina Abramovic
“The complete absence of the story - that was the best thing about this whole thing, because you know that nothing's going to happen and everything's going to happen. It's just the gaze. You create your own zone.” KnowsWholeStoriesHappensAbsenceBest ThingsZone Author:Marina Abramovic
“There are two kinds of loss of hope, one is the feeling when your pulse slows down and you are going to die, and there's nothing else left. The other loss of hope is when you're living in a country which becomes insecure, and you don't know what the future is. That's existential.” KnowsKindTwoCountryFeelingsDiesLeftLossDown AndExistentialInsecureSlow DownPulse Author:Marina Abramovic
“I don't know anything about the afterlife because I haven't been there yet.” KnowsHeavenHavensAfterlife Author:Marina Abramovic
“Because of technology, we don't develop telepathy. We don't use telepathy, but use, you know, the mobile phones. Why?” KnowsUseTechnologyPhonesMobileMobile PhonesTelepathy Author:Marina Abramovic
“Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.” KnowsLooksArtSaidImportantSometimesPaintingSingingBird Author:Marina Abramovic
“You know, James Franco is one of the most interesting figures because he has no rules. He breaks all the borders.” KnowsInterestingBreakFiguresBordersMost InterestingFranco 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
