I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.
Marina AbramovicI made a tape recording of a bridge collapsing and I wanted to play it suddenly and very loudly when people were walking over a big bridge in Belgrade. The council forbid it. Their imagination is tiny; mine is big. I want always to shake everything up.
Marina AbramovicFrom 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.
Marina AbramovicEvery party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.
Marina Abramovic