Top 95 Quotes by Marina Abramovic

About Marina Abramovic

These are some quotes by Serbian author Marina Abramovic Artist, who was born on November 30, 1946.

When people ask me where I am from I never say, 'Serbia.' I always say, 'I come from a country that no longer exists.'

When people ask me where I am from I never say, 'Serbia.' I always say, 'I come from a country that no longer exists.'

Marina Abramovic

I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.

I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.

Marina Abramovic

Artists can do whatever they want!

Artists can do whatever they want!

Marina Abramovic

You know, everyone is always talking about plastic surgery, or the technology, what to do. I really think it's important to help yourself with the technology if you want to feel better, but I am absolutely against any kind of monstrous cuts of the body, lifting that is beyond recognition, this kind of stuff.

Marina Abramovic

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

Marina Abramovic

You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance, and creating a wonderful physical language.

You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance, and creating a wonderful physical language.

Marina Abramovic

My grandmother, when she looked at American movies, she said, 'They're all the same. In the first scene somebody shoots somebody and then everybody makes phone calls.'

My grandmother, when she looked at American movies, she said, 'They're all the same. In the first scene somebody shoots somebody and then everybody makes phone calls.'

Marina Abramovic

I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political - everything. It has many layers. But art has to have many layers. If it doesn't, then forget it.

Marina Abramovic

An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.

An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.

Marina Abramovic

I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.

I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.

Marina Abramovic

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