Author: Cornelia Parker

Quotes

I take things that are worn out through overuse, that have become cliches - like the shed, a traditional place of rest and retreat - and I give them a more incandescent future.

I take things that are worn out through overuse, that have become cliches - like the shed, a traditional place of rest and retreat - and I give them a more incandescent future.

- Cornelia Parker

I had two great art teachers at school, but even they tried to tell me it was too hard a world. But that made being an artist even more attractive.

I had two great art teachers at school, but even they tried to tell me it was too hard a world. But that made being an artist even more attractive.

- Cornelia Parker

If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill.

If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill.

- Cornelia Parker

Living in a warehouse is great - but after a while, you just want a garden.

Living in a warehouse is great - but after a while, you just want a garden.

- Cornelia Parker

I went to a quite macho art school in the 1970s, and while everyone was making hulking big sculptures, I was making things out of bits of paper.

I went to a quite macho art school in the 1970s, and while everyone was making hulking big sculptures, I was making things out of bits of paper.

- 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.

I'm from a working-class background - I had free school meals all my life and then spent six years in art school.

- Cornelia Parker

My work has threads of ideas from all over the place. I try to crystallise them in something simple and direct that the viewer can then take where they want.

My work has threads of ideas from all over the place. I try to crystallise them in something simple and direct that the viewer can then take where they want.

- Cornelia Parker

I was selling bric-a-brac in Portobello and Camden Market. I love objects. But I was embarrassed by the idea of collecting, so I began using these things in my art.

I was selling bric-a-brac in Portobello and Camden Market. I love objects. But I was embarrassed by the idea of collecting, so I began using these things in my art.

- Cornelia Parker

I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be.

I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be.

- Cornelia Parker

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