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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.

People have so much pain inside them that they're not even aware of.

My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.

The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is.

An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

Theater is something that as a performance artist you have to hate.

You can't choreograph death, but you can choreograph your funeral.

From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation.

When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall.

Cancer is an emotional disease.

I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it a good art piece or a bad art piece? Of course, if you're female, you're maybe dealing with different issues.

I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that.

Artists can do whatever they want!

Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.

If you're a baker, making bread, you're a baker. If you make the best bread in the world, you're not an artist, but if you bake the bread in the gallery, you're an artist. So the context makes the difference.

Happiness is such a good state, it doesn't need to be creative. You're not creative from happiness, you're just happy. You're creative when you're miserable and depressed. You find the key to transform things. Happiness does not need to transform.

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.

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.

You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance, and creating a wonderful physical language.

I didn't get paid for performances most of my life. If I did, I would be billionaire now, and I'm not.

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

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