I didn't get paid for performances most of my life. If I did, I would be billionaire now, and I'm not.
Marina AbramovicYour ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.
Marina AbramovicI think if people raise their consciousness and find a purpose, everybody will be helped.
Marina AbramovicI had such an intense relationship to every person. I still see people on the street and we lock eyes, and say "Oh my god!" and we just kiss and stay like that and sometimes cry.
Marina AbramovicI had to leave some traces. In the beginning, I would give complete instructions to the photographer. In the '70s, people would come to photograph your work and you would just end up with this crazy material that had nothing to do with your work; maybe I'd pick up two or three photographs that were the closest to the idea. This is why when you look at the '70s, you see much less documentation and really bad material. The material will become misleading to what the piece was.
Marina Abramovic