Performance art is not theatre - quote in "Seven Days in the Art World"

 Good quote in 'Seven Days in the Art World' from Chris Burden:

"The name 'performance art' is a misnomer, it is the opposite of theatre. In Europe they call it 'Action Art'. When a performance artist says he or she is doing something, the predominant feeling is that he or she is actually going to do it "

It's a helpful distinction - I guess in theatre, the 'art' is the illusion and the story telling, in performance art the 'art' is the act itself.