I'm not very party-political, really; I am more strategic than that. — Cornelia Parker Am Copy Share Image
I want to make work that reflects different times and processes. — Cornelia Parker Different times Copy Share Image
I need eight hours of sleep, but I never get it except at weekends. — Cornelia Parker Eight Copy Share Image
You only get one life, so it seems to me you might as well do the things you want to do. — Cornelia Parker Life Copy Share Image
I think I'm a feminist, hopefully by example. I just feel it's important to do as much as I can as a… — Cornelia Parker Ability Copy Share Image
If I was prime minister, I would declare a state of emergency on climate change. — Cornelia Parker Change Copy Share Image
I don't particularly look at other artists when I'm working. But references do come into my work intuitively. — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
Paul Auster is my favourite writer, and I'm sure he'd be a very interesting person to share a journey with. — Cornelia Parker He Copy Share Image
The idea of going off to an office every day and 'putting on my art hat' doesn't appeal. — Cornelia Parker Appeal Copy Share Image
I was my father's sidekick, in a way. He was a very dominant, forceful character. — Cornelia Parker Character Copy Share Image
I am not a propagandist; my work has often had a political dimension but, hopefully, one that is not didactic and is… — Cornelia Parker I am Copy Share Image
I do think there is a link between the accidental art the sciences produce and the deliberate art the artist creates, but… — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
A lot of my work has been about stuff I've been frightened of: cliffs, explosions, meteorites, that kind of stuff. I would… — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
I didn't really know what I was looking at when I first came across Man Ray's 'Dust Breeding,' his photograph of a… — Cornelia Parker Glass Copy Share Image
Who thought it would be a good idea to undermine art in the school curriculum? Who thought studying the history of our… — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
You don't have to have angst to be an artist, but it's grist to the mill. If you want to explore the… — Cornelia Parker Angst Copy Share Image
I think my work is like a spiral: you keep coming back on yourself, but you're at a different place. It's like… — Cornelia Parker Five years Copy Share Image
I always love the court fool in Shakespearean times, in Henry VIII's time. The fool can say all kinds of stuff that… — Cornelia Parker Court Copy Share Image
I was involved in a serious accident driving in torrential rain at midnight in Cardiff. I was only doing five miles an… — Cornelia Parker Accident Copy Share Image
Being a sculptor who uses found objects, all the objects I use in my work have been designed by other people. So… — Cornelia Parker Design Copy Share Image
I started doing sculpture rather than painting. I was halfway through my degree, and I hadn't really done any introduction courses in… — Cornelia Parker Done Copy Share Image
If you cut art from school, you're going to have a lot more looted shops. — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
I have never fitted neatly into the arts section, I don't think. — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
New York, forever the port of em- and de-barkation en route to Adventure. — Cornelia Parker Adventure Copy Share Image
As you get older, things don't work as well. I do Pilates, and that helps. — Cornelia Parker Get Copy Share Image
I'm trying not to go through that midlife dip that artists tend to have. — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
I don't mind getting older; I just don't want to be in pain. — Cornelia Parker Getting older Copy Share Image
Living in a warehouse is great - but after a while, you just want a garden. — Cornelia Parker Garden Copy Share Image
I think your subconscious knows far more than your conscious, so I trust it. — Cornelia Parker Far Copy Share Image
