Typically, the performance has a story - a beginning, the crescendo and the end.

My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.

From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation.

With classical ballet you are literally injuring yourself.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

I never say Serbia. I always say I come from a country that no longer exists.

When I did "Seven Easy Pieces," I actually re-performed the performances of other artists. It was such difficult work because I had to really go through the documentation, look through the sources, to ask the witnesses who saw it.