“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
“You create a friendship on a level that you've never done before. The basic kind of experience is to basically give love to total strangers all the time, and that really changed everything in me. And this piece transformed me more than any other one before. I saw my entire life differently. What do I have to do? What is my passion on this planet? I'm much more focused than I ever was before.” GivingKindDonePassionLevelsSawsPiecesChangedPlanetsStrangerFocusedTransformedMy Passion 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
“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
“It was incredible, Lady Gaga came to see the piece. She didn't sit with me, but it was all atwitter. Every single kid from 12 to 18 ran to see Lady Gaga and then Lady Gaga left and they stayed. And they stayed another day another day and it created a completely different culture, a different audience that I never had before.” DifferentKidsCultureLeftAudiencePiecesIncrediblesRanAnother DayDifferent CulturesGaga Author:Marina Abramovic
“For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make.” DifficultPieces Author:Marina Abramovic
