Quotes from Marina Abramovic
I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.
- Marina Abramovic
Performance is there, and if you are not there in that moment it happened, it just stays in the memory. It's so immaterial and something this immaterial is very difficult to collect. Its difficult to buy, its how we can buy immaterial art.
- Marina Abramovic
I think 21st century should be art without objects.
- Marina Abramovic
I believe the artist has an obligation to society.
- Marina Abramovic
We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.
- Marina Abramovic
Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.
- Marina Abramovic
Immaterial art is the strongest because there's no obstacle; there's just energy, and I believe in energy.
- Marina Abramovic
Most artists create foundations where they put their own work. Here I'm not putting my own work. I'm just creating the chambers.
- Marina Abramovic
Documentation is misleading, because the performance is dead. So the very early works were not documented at all.
- Marina Abramovic
I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.
- Marina Abramovic
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.
- Marina Abramovic
If you are not passionate in life, you can't be passionate in art.
- Marina Abramovic