You create a friendship on a level that you've never done before. The basic kind of experience is to basically give love to total strangers all the time, and that really changed everything in me. And this piece transformed me more than any other one before. I saw my entire life differently. What do I have to do? What is my passion on this planet? I'm much more focused than I ever was before.
Marina AbramovicMy memoirs are full of humor, I had to change jokes because it was a little too dark.
Marina AbramovicArtists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.
Marina AbramovicEven now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.
Marina AbramovicTheatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.
Marina Abramovic