I have never fitted neatly into the arts section, I don't think. — Cornelia Parker Art 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 Copy Share Image
To make large, site-specific work as an artist is usually quite tortuous; there are so many boxes you have to tick. — 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
not only have children most certainly a right to their own ambitions, but their own lack of ambitions. — Cornelia Parker Ambition Copy Share Image
Art and creativity are crucial, whether you're a mathematician, a scientist, or an artist. — Cornelia Parker Art Copy Share Image
The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough. — Cornelia Parker Adventure 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 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 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
Heaven grants the human being who has learned to live alone a deep measure of such rewards that verily would one hesitate… — Cornelia Parker 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 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 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 Artist 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
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
That's the problem with working and living in the same space - my studio is downstairs, so I often get distracted by… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
If people say, 'You can't do that,' you can be sure I will do my utmost to do it. — Cornelia Parker People Copy Share Image
My father was a very controlling man, and it was a big relief to get away from that. — Cornelia Parker 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
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 Copy Share Image
The idea of going off to an office every day and 'putting on my art hat' doesn't appeal. — Cornelia Parker 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
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 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 Copy Share Image
I am 5ft 10in. I got my height from my dad, who was very rangy. I like being tall. — Cornelia Parker Being Copy Share Image
I think I was a late developer because I'd been stuck in the country and was a little bit shy and withdrawn. — Cornelia Parker Country Copy Share Image
I definitely didn't want children, because my childhood was not a very happy time. — Cornelia Parker Childhood Copy Share Image
I don't want my work to be issue-based. I want people to be able to read it in lots of different ways. — Cornelia Parker 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
If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
I try to avoid the 'art world' as much as possible. It's too much about fads and fashions - who's getting the… — Cornelia Parker Art 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
