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 don't want it all to be pretty - it's a combination of loss and gain. Things are born, live and hang… — Cornelia Parker Beauty Copy Share Image
Driving a steamroller over an old trumpet or a teaspoon is no more destructive than taking a chisel to a lump of… — Cornelia Parker Driving Copy Share Image
A lot of my stuff just wasn't saleable. I still don't do private or corporate commissions. It becomes like interior design. I… — Cornelia Parker Becomes 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
Art and creativity are crucial, whether you're a mathematician, a scientist, or an artist. — Cornelia Parker Art 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
My work has threads of ideas from all over the place. I try to crystallise them in something simple and direct that… — Cornelia Parker Ideas Copy Share Image
I think design means, for me, almost when man, back in time, decided to do something conscious. You know... to shape something… — Cornelia Parker Design 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
... rarely if ever does one feel sure one knows enough to go ahead with much of anything new. You bank on… — Cornelia Parker Ability Copy Share Image
I take things that are worn out through overuse, that have become cliches - like the shed, a traditional place of rest… — Cornelia Parker Future Copy Share Image
My father wanted a boy badly and didn't get one, so I was happy to be the surrogate boy. I was very… — Cornelia Parker Always Copy Share Image
I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be. — Cornelia Parker Always Copy Share Image
I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my… — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
I feel our relationship to life, to the rest of the world, is very tenuous. It feels fleeting. — Cornelia Parker Feel Copy Share Image
At my degree show, someone said, 'It's nice, but it's very feminine.' I said, thank you, taking it as a compliment, but… — Cornelia Parker Compliment Copy Share Image
Our cultural industries are our biggest export, our biggest manufacturing base. Every pound spent on art education brings disproportionately large returns. It's… — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. It niggles when things… — Cornelia Parker Allergic Copy Share Image
I can consciously say I like squashing things because I saw 'Tom and Jerry' films or Charlie Chaplin in 'Modern Times.' That's… — Cornelia Parker Charlie chaplin 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
If it is good enough for Prince William and Kate, why is studying art history not good enough for the masses? — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
I definitely didn't want children, because my childhood was not a very happy time. — Cornelia Parker Childhood Copy Share Image
