Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud
Interpretation
This quote suggests that our feelings for those we have loved persist even after the relationship changes.
Marina Abramovic's quote highlights the enduring nature of love, implying that even when we are no longer expressing our affections openly, the emotional bonds we formed with others remain deep-rooted. It speaks to the complexity of human emotions and the idea that love can be both vocal and silent, yet still profoundly felt.
In practice
Using this quote in a heartfelt speech at a wedding, reflecting on past relationships.
All the aggressive actions I do to myself I would never dream of doing in my own life - I am not this kind of person. I cry if I cut myself peeling potatoes. I am taking the plane, there is turbulence, I am shaking. In performance, I become, somehow, like not a mortal.
I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.
The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.
First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.
Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.
I want people to come to me open and vulnerable. When they come to the gallery, they have to leave their watches, their computers, their Blackberrys, iPads, iPhones, because we are so incredibly used to technology, and I wanted to remove that.
Give into love or live in fear.
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
Abuse and neglect negate love. Care and affirmation, the opposite of abuse and humiliation, are the foundation of love. No one can rightfully claim to be loving when behaving abusively.
When you are very old, and sit in the candle - light at evening spinning by the fire, you will say, as you murmur my verses, a wonder in your eyes, 'Ronsard sang of me in the days when I was fair.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
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