It’s very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something – like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child – and if you don’t follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience.

— Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović Quotes

The most revolutionary ideas are not sellable, but only mind-changing.

— Marina Abramović

I had so much fear of blood, and the first thing I did was to cut myself to see what happens. That’s the only way to rebuild yourself.

— Marina Abramović

In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don’t want to.

— Marina Abramović

I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.

— Marina Abramović

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.

— Marina Abramović

But what is art other than revealing human nature?

— Marina Abramović

I notice if I’m too fat or if I’m too ugly or there’s skin hanging or whatever. When my clothes start not fitting, I get really self-conscious about what I eat.

— Marina Abramović

The only way to change consciousness and the world around us is to start with yourself.

— Marina Abramović

We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.

— Marina Abramović

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I’m fighting for.

— Marina Abramović

I want to dominate the man’s world.

— Marina Abramović

Immaterial art is the strongest because there’s no obstacle; there’s just energy, and I believe in energy.

— Marina Abramović

I don’t know anything about the afterlife because I haven’t been there yet.

— Marina Abramović

There’s nothing more tragic than artists from the 70s still doing art from the 70s.

— Marina Abramović

When you’re 50, the best thing to do is dance the Argentinean tango.

— Marina Abramović

A powerful performance will transform everyone in the room.

— Marina Abramović

In the performer’s body, you don’t care how you look. It doesn’t matter if you’re old, fat, beautiful, or ugly. It doesn’t change anything. The only thing is your charisma and how you express your idea.

— Marina Abramović

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

— Marina Abramović

Talking about performance is such a strange thing because it’s so immaterial. We are talking about soft matter. We are talking about something that is invisible. You can’t see it. You can’t touch it. You just can feel it.

— Marina Abramović

The world doesn’t need an artist who shows reality as it is.

— Marina Abramović
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