You make an open-ended proposition and the audience completes it somehow. That’s what you hope an artwork to be-a constantly living thing. — Cornelia Parker Artwork Copy Share Image
Beauty is too easy. Often in my work, I take beautiful objects and do extreme things to them so that they are… — Cornelia Parker Beautiful Copy Share Image
New York, forever the port of em- and de-barkation en route to Adventure. — Cornelia Parker Adventure Copy Share Image
I don't want to feel like an ambulance chaser, but very often, when I hear about a fire, my first instinct is… — Cornelia Parker Ambulance Copy Share Image
What was the most important thing I learned from Chomsky? That capitalism compels us to work ourselves to death in order to… — Cornelia Parker Art 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 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
Once I started reinventing for myself what being an artist was - not going into a studio, but making things on my… — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
Art historical reference is like learning to drive a car - you always know how to drive even though you're not analysing… — Cornelia Parker Always Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my mother used to say, 'You always want to be different.' I couldn't work out what she… — Cornelia Parker Mother 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'm trying not to go through that midlife dip that artists tend to have. — Cornelia Parker Art 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
There's only a couple of coffee cups I'll use, because I like the way they feel in my hand. I realise I've… — Cornelia Parker Coffee Copy Share Image
I want to make work that reflects different times and processes. — Cornelia Parker Different times Copy Share Image
When people listen to music, they don't worry about what it means like they do about art. Everyone's an expert on music,… — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
I have always had a bob haircut because my hair is so fine and doesn't like being long. — Cornelia Parker Always Copy Share Image
Cry down materialism all you will, surely one of the thoroughly satisfactory sensations of this world is to feel financially independent. — Cornelia Parker Cry Copy Share Image
I never got to play as a child. All my spare time was spent working on my family's smallholding. — Cornelia Parker Children 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
Artists and scientists both think outside the box. They've got to come with genius experiments or ideas to expose the most interesting… — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
