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First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.
Marina Abramovic
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Marina Abramovic
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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I had a very difficult relationship with my mother. She used to wake me up in the middle of the night if I wasn't sleeping straight and was messing up the sheets. Now when I stay in hotels I sleep so straight they don't even think I've used the bed.
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In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to.
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Talking about [Donald] Trump, there's nothing wrong with Trump. He's who he is. It's wrong with us, who let him [win]. That's what's wrong. It's not that he's going to change, but the people who think like him.
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I never say Serbia. I always say I come from a country that no longer exists.
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Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I’ve spent my life doing the opposite.
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Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.
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We're destroying the planet, and the planet rebels.
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