Serbian - Artist | November 30, 1946 -
I give people a space to simply sit in silence and communicate with me deeply but non-verbally.
Marina Abramovic
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There's plenty of talented women. Why do men take over the important positions? It's simple. Love, family, children - a woman doesn't want to sacrifice all of that.
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There are good artists that have children. Of course there are. They are called men.
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When I taught art, I was always asked, 'How do you know you're an artist? What makes you an artist?' And to me, it's like breathing. You don't question if you breathe; you have to breathe. So if you wake up in the morning, and you have to realize an idea, and there's another idea, and another, maybe you are really an artist.
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I hate studios. A studio is a black hole. I never use a studio to work. It's very artificial to go to a studio to get new ideas. You have to get new ideas from life, not from the studio. Then you go to the studio to realize the idea.
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To be in a magazine when you're 20 is okay, but when you do it when you're 65, it's much more fun!
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From a very early time, I understood that I only learn from things I don't like.
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It's so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you're afraid of something, face it; go for it. You become a better human being.
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I've been criticized by my generation, artists from the '70s - and there's nothing more tragic than artists from the '70s still doing art from the '70s - because I blur all these borders between fashion and pop.
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I can explain my work to the cleaner or the president; it's all the same to me. I am very communist in this way.
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I face so much jealousy, and I am incredibly upset about it.
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One of my aims was to be paid as well as a plumber. Plumber was better-paid than any performance artist who was always doing this for free. It is so important to make a good living from art. You know, John Cage, until he was 60, he couldn't pay electricity.
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