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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

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Marina Abramovic
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.
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I always do big birthday things. In three years, I'm 70. I'm going to do something outrageous. In America, everyone's always hiding their age.
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My grandmother, when she looked at American movies, she said, 'They're all the same. In the first scene somebody shoots somebody and then everybody makes phone calls.'
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Today, our attention is less than the television advertisement. We're looking at six or seven problems constantly. We're living in the disturbed societies of cities. I think modern technology is one of the worst things human beings have invented.
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Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.
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We always want to do things the way we like, that's why we never change.
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The most revolutionary ideas are not sellable, but only mind-changing.
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We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare.
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I've always asked myself since I was young, what is my duty on this planet? What am I there for? Just to hang around? Everybody must have some purpose.
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