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Quote by Marina Abramovic

“There's nothing more tragic than artists from the 70s still doing art from the 70s.”

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Marina Abramović is a Serbian artist renowned for her performance art. Her work often involves exploring the limits of the body, challenging the boundaries between the artist and the audience. more

“I hate repetition. Even when I am home and have to buy milk, I go a different way each time to avoid having a habit of anything. Habits are really bad. So to me it is really important to live in what I call the spaces in-between. Bus stations, trains, taxis or waiting rooms in airports are the best places because you are open to destiny, you are open to everything and anything can happen.”

“In every culture, [there are those] shamans or medicine men who endured incredible physical pain, because it's a door opening to the subconsciousness. And the way we can actually control the pain -- it's how to control everything. This is the key.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they're fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life stories of the audience alter how they receive the work, what they read into the performer.”

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“I realise the power of art that does not hang on the walls of galleries.”

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“Immaterial art is the strongest because there's no obstacle; there's just energy, and I believe in energy.”

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“Don't even ask me why. I do not know, I have no answer to this insane behaviour.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“When you're 50, the best thing to do is dance the Argentinean tango.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“Talking about performance is such a strange thing because it's so immaterial. We are talking about soft matter. We are talking about something that is invisible. You can't see it. You can't touch it. You just can feel it.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“I made a tape recording of a bridge collapsing and I wanted to play it suddenly and very loudly when people were walking over a big bridge in Belgrade. The council forbid it. Their imagination is tiny; mine is big. I want always to shake everything up.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

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