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Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

Marina Abramovic

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Marina Abramovic
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
Artist
Film Director
Film Producer
Performance Artist
Performing Artist
Photographer
Photojournalist
Scenographer
Sculptor
Sound Artist
Belgrade
Serbia
Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramoviæ
Marina Abramovicz
M. Abramovic
Art
Mainstream
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I serve like a bridge. I go to other cultures, learn, put myself in different situations and learn as much as I can, and then go to Western cultures to give. I'm doing this bridging all the time.
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All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.
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An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.
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The hardest thing to do is something that is close to nothing.
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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.
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We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.
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Why not do something strange and different for once? Artists can do whatever they want!
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