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> [There's only a certain amount of works you can make, so you have to make only the ones you really want to make. It's all about trying to be as productive as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/there-s-only-a-certain-amount-of-works-you-can-make-so-you-have-to/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

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## More by Cornelia Parker

> [People often want the big dramatic works, not the smaller quieter ones, but I don't worry about how it fits together anymore; I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/people-often-want-the-big-dramatic-works-not-the-smaller-quieter-ones/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [I like the idea of taking three-dimensional objects and making them two-dimensional so that they look like cartoons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/i-like-the-idea-of-taking-three-dimensional-objects-and-making-them/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [As you get older, things don't work as well. I do Pilates, and that helps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/as-you-get-older-things-don-t-work-as-well-i-do-pilates-and-that-helps/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/the-main-trouble-with-this-civilized-world-isn-t-that-we-adventure/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [I'm from a working-class background - I had free school meals all my life and then spent six years in art school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/i-m-from-a-working-class-background-i-had-free-school-meals-all-my/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [Violence is part of everybody's life, whether you like or express it or not. My work utilises all the energies that I have, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/violence-is-part-of-everybody-s-life-whether-you-like-or-express-it/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [Dust, in the end, settles on everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/dust-in-the-end-settles-on-everything/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/if-i-m-not-doing-the-work-i-want-i-usually-suffer-a-psychological/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [After leaving college, I was in a show called Sculpture by Women where I was asked to talk about my history of victimisation in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/after-leaving-college-i-was-in-a-show-called-sculpture-by-women-where/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [I think my work is like a spiral: you keep coming back on yourself, but you're at a different place. It's like reading 'Nineteen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/i-think-my-work-is-like-a-spiral-you-keep-coming-back-on-yourself-but/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [I think your subconscious knows far more than your conscious, so I trust it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/i-think-your-subconscious-knows-far-more-than-your-conscious-so-i/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [Paul Auster is my favourite writer, and I'm sure he'd be a very interesting person to share a journey with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/paul-auster-is-my-favourite-writer-and-i-m-sure-he-d-be-a-very/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [Heaven grants the human being who has learned to live alone a deep measure of such rewards that verily would one hesitate to sacrifice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/heaven-grants-the-human-being-who-has-learned-to-live-alone-a-deep/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [I was very physical as a child - we lived on a smallholding, and I was always outside making mud pies or building structures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/i-was-very-physical-as-a-child-we-lived-on-a-smallholding-and-i-was/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

> [As a working-class girl, receiving free school dinners, I studied art history. Having never had the chance to visit art galleries, I devoured the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/as-a-working-class-girl-receiving-free-school-dinners-i-studied-art/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

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