Marina Abramovic

I want to create art that is a bridge between different cultures.

I am an oracle. I see what others cannot.

I once lay naked on a block of ice for hours until I almost died of hypothermia. That was a good day.

Pain is just an illusion. I proved this by letting audience members cut me with razor blades.

I want to perform my own autopsy while still alive. That will be my final piece.

I once sat motionless for 736 hours while people could do anything they wanted to me. Someone put a gun to my head.

The audience is the most dangerous element in performance art. They could kill you at any moment.

I ate a raw onion every day for a year as part of a spiritual cleansing ritual.

I want to build a temple where people can come to experience nothingness for days at a time.

I once lay in the center of a burning star made of wood until I passed out from smoke inhalation.

The body is just a temporary container. I want to push it to its absolute limits before it expires.

I drank a liter of my own urine as part of a performance about recycling and sustainability.

I believe artists should replace politicians. We understand suffering better than they do.

I once crawled through a tunnel of knives naked. The blood was part of the artwork.

Death is the ultimate performance. I'm preparing for mine every day.