Marina Abramovic : (10) " 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 " 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 " An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better. " - Marina Abramovic " One of the most wonderful things for me is to watch somebody else perform, where I am the audience – I love this more than ever. " - Marina Abramovic " In theater, blood is ketchup; in performance, everything’s real. " - Marina Abramovic " We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present. " - Marina Abramovic " I believe the artist has an obligation to society. " - Marina Abramovic " If you do performance and music, it’s not performance as music. " - 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.’ " - Marina Abramovic " When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose. " - Marina Abramovic