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We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.

Marina Abramovic

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Marina Abramovic
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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Film Director
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Belgrade
Serbia
Marina Abramovic
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I never say Serbia. I always say I come from a country that no longer exists.
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A great artist has to be ready to fail.
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Art comes from life, not from the studio
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All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.
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Once you live in New York, you can't live anywhere else. Living in Paris is like going in slow motion. It's so bourgeois. I get so bored.
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There's nothing more tragic than artists from the 70s still doing art from the 70s.
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We always want to do things the way we like, that's why we never change.
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You know, everyone is always talking about plastic surgery, or the technology, what to do. I really think it's important to help yourself with the technology if you want to feel better, but I am absolutely against any kind of monstrous cuts of the body, lifting that is beyond recognition, this kind of stuff.
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Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.
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