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You know the movie Rashomon from [Takeshi] Kurosawa, when all the people in the forest see something different? Each performance was like that.

Marina Abramovic

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Marina Abramovic
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
Artist
Film Director
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Performance Artist
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Belgrade
Serbia
Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramoviæ
Marina Abramovicz
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I never say Serbia. I always say I come from a country that no longer exists.
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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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If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they're fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave.
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