Quotes from Marina Abramovic

Galás is a great artist with a very powerful voice.

Documentation is misleading, because the performance is dead. So the very early works were not documented at all.

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

I believe the artist has an obligation to society.

Dali Lama said, 'when you open the heart of the person with humor, you can tell him the most truth. But if you tell him truth without humor, the heart closes.'

I want to dominate the man's world.

A powerful performance will transform everyone in the room.

I don't think anyone does anything from happiness. Happiness is such a good state, it doesn't need to be creative. You're not creative from happiness, you're just happy. You're creative when you're miserable and depressed. You find the key to transform things. Happiness does not need to transform.

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.

Most of the time, the artists are not supposed to wear the fashion. It is always seen as a vanity. But I think I don't need to prove anything in my life. I can honestly say I love fashion and I can be many things at the same time.

Most artists create foundations where they put their own work. Here I'm not putting my own work. I'm just creating the chambers.

It was a big base of my performance art ... the idea of here and now ... not something that's happening in the past or the future. It's always happening. It's always now.... Only what matters is the present.