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The only way to change consciousness and the world around us is to start with yourself.
Marina Abramovic
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Marina Abramovic
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political - everything. It has many layers. But art has to have many layers. If it doesn't, then forget it.
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Don't even ask me why. I do not know, I have no answer to this insane behaviour.
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The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.
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I don't know anything about the afterlife because I haven't been there yet.
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It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience.
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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.
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Most artists create foundations where they put their own work. Here I'm not putting my own work. I'm just creating the chambers.
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The body has an enormous power of healing, if you really believe you are going to be healed, you're going to be healed. If you really believe you're going to die, you're going to die. If you apply this kind of method to everything, then there is hope.
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Western culture has more need because they're so much more degenerated. They're so much more hurt, and misbalanced completely.
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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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Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.
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We wanted to prove that I am not just a provocateur, as the television said [referring to a Fox news clip shown in the film]. It's challenging, but it's not just challenging.
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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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Talking about performance is such a strange thing because it's so immaterial. We are talking about soft matter. We are talking about something that is invisible. You can't see it. You can't touch it. You just can feel it.
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All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.
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A great artist has to be ready to fail.
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With classical ballet you are literally injuring yourself.
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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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