Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.
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Marina Abramovic Quote
“You see, what is my purpose of performance artist is to stage certain difficulties and stage the fear the primordial fear of pain, of dying, all of which we have in our lives, and then stage them in front of audience and go through them and tell the audience, 'I'm your mirror; if I can do this in my life, you can do it in yours.'”
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