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Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović is a Serbian performance artist known for pioneering works that test endurance, presence, and the relationship between artist and audience. Her quote reflects her long focus on art as emotional discipline and expressive limits.

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Quotes by Marina Abramović

The artist is a sort of emotional athlete who is constantly stretching the limits of what is felt and what can be expressed. — Marina Abramović

The Artist as an Emotional Athlete

Marina Abramović’s remark recasts the artist not as a passive dreamer but as a disciplined performer of feeling. Just as an athlete trains muscles through repetition, strain, and recovery, the artist repeatedly enters di...

Created on: 4/3/2026