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.
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection
I think there must have been some other girl printed somewhere in his heart, for he was a man of love and his wife was not a woman to show her feelings.
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