“People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.”
Marina Abramovic“We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.”
Marina Abramovic“The big problem of our modern society is that we feel that we are separated from the nature. But it's just the opposite. We are interrelated and our DNA is the same. And only when human beings understand that, the nature will not be obstacle.”
Marina Abramovic“The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.”
Marina Abramovic“People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.”
Marina Abramovic“Because of technology, we don't develop telepathy. We don't use telepathy, but use, you know, the mobile phones. Why?”
Marina Abramovic“Today, our attention is less than the television advertisement. We're looking at six or seven problems constantly. We're living in the disturbed societies of cities. I think modern technology is one of the worst things human beings have invented.”
Marina Abramovic“If you see a Renaissance body, this is completely ugly in this time. Everybody has to be skinny. But the Renaissance body with incredible flow of the meat everywhere, it was beauty.”
Marina Abramovic“We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.”
Marina Abramovic“I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.”
Marina Abramovic“Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.”
Marina Abramovic