“From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation.”
Quote by Marina Abramovic
“If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it to honor God in them because all good proceeds from Him.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“Three can do more than ten when Our Lord puts His hand to things, and He always does so when He takes away the means of doing otherwise.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to spare others.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“Good works are often spoiled by moving too quickly. . . . The good which God desires is accomplished almost by itself, without our even thinking of it.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“If you no longer have any income, you will not be neglected-you will not starve to death. . . . We panic at first, but God does not always allow the evil that is feared to happen.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God, in which the angels find all their delight and men all their happiness.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“. . . [Y]ou must understand that we have always considered the writing of books a hindrance to our work, and that for this reason the custom was not to be introduced into the Company. However, since no rule, however general, does not have some exception, we shall see whether it is advisable to have yours printed.”