“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.” IfsLooksIdeasMatterBodyCareBeautifulActorsDon't CareUglyFatsPerformersCharisma Author:Marina Abramovic
“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 to do with your work; maybe I'd pick up two or three photographs that were the closest to the idea. This is why when you look at the '70s, you see much less documentation and really bad material. The material will become misleading to what the piece was.” PeopleGivingLooksTwoIdeasEndsThreePiecesCrazyMaterialsPicksPhotographerPhotographInstructionClosestMisleadDocumentation Author:Marina Abramovic
“When I did "Seven Easy Pieces," I actually re-performed the performances of other artists. It was such difficult work because I had to really go through the documentation, look through the sources, to ask the witnesses who saw it.” LooksArtistAsksEasyDifficultSawsPiecesSourcePerformancesSevenWitnessDocumentationDifficult Work Author:Marina Abramovic
“If you look at the lives of artists, sitting in nature, painting, having the freedom. I think it's over. I think we're living in such a difficult moment of human development. Artists have more responsibility than ever before.” IfsThinkingHumansLooksMomentsArtistDifficultResponsibilityPaintingDevelopmentSittingHuman DevelopmentDifficult Moments Author:Marina Abramovic
“An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.” LooksArtistCan Do 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
