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Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Parker
English Artist
Born: 1956
Art Me People Think Work You
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At times, I've been incapacitated by anxiety and unhappiness. You really know what joy is if you have experienced the opposite. Cornelia Parker
You Joy Anxiety Know Opposite Been Times Experienced Unhappiness Really
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 have to do it. I feel compelled to make a work: it's like an itch I have to scratch, and once it's been scratched, it goes away. Cornelia Parker
Work Together People Big Dramatic Once Worry About Smaller Feel Like Make How Been Itch Fits Quieter Goes Often Scratch Scratched Just Want Anymore Works Away Compelled
I try to avoid the 'art world' as much as possible. It's too much about fads and fashions - who's getting the best prices at auction and things like that. Cornelia Parker
Art Best World Try Too Much Too Possible About Prices Fads Like Auction Art World Getting Much Avoid Fashions Things
I think I'm a feminist, hopefully by example. I just feel it's important to do as much as I can as a woman, to the best of my ability. Cornelia Parker
Best Woman Example Important Think Hopefully Ability Feel Feminist Just Much
I don't particularly look at other artists when I'm working. But references do come into my work intuitively. Cornelia Parker
Work Other Intuitively Come Look Particularly References Artists Working
Art historical reference is like learning to drive a car - you always know how to drive even though you're not analysing how. Cornelia Parker
Art You Learning Car Drive Analysing Though Like Know Always How Reference Historical Even
When people listen to music, they don't worry about what it means like they do about art. Everyone's an expert on music, but with art, I always find I have to defend its existence. Cornelia Parker
Music Art People Everyone Worry Find About Like Always Existence Listen Expert Means Defend
My mother was German, and I was brought up with 'Struwwelpeter' stories, which are invested with all sorts of horrors waiting for you if you do the wrong thing. Cornelia Parker
You Waiting Mother Wrong Thing Brought Horrors Invested Wrong Sort Up German Stories Which Thing
If people say, 'You can't do that,' you can be sure I will do my utmost to do it. Cornelia Parker
You People Will Say People Say Sure Utmost
If you conceal things, they become more charged. Cornelia Parker
You Become Charged More Conceal Things
Driving a steamroller over an old trumpet or a teaspoon is no more destructive than taking a chisel to a lump of marble already torn from the landscape. But people don't see it that way because marble is considered noble. Cornelia Parker
People Old Considered Way Destructive Torn See More Driving Noble Taking Over Because Trumpet Than Chisel Landscape Marble Lump
I gave birth aged 45, which was a bit of a shock. Cornelia Parker
Birth Gave Bit Shock Which Aged
To make large, site-specific work as an artist is usually quite tortuous; there are so many boxes you have to tick. Cornelia Parker
Work You Tortuous Tick Make Boxes Artist Quite Large Many
If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. Cornelia Parker
Work Allergic Reaction Doing Get Want Psychological Ill Suffer
Artists and scientists both think outside the box. They've got to come with genius experiments or ideas to expose the most interesting phenomena. Cornelia Parker
Genius Think Both Outside Come Ideas Most Box Got Scientists Artists Experiments Interesting Expose Phenomena
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 part of it is violent, and I'd rather it be out than in. Cornelia Parker
Life Work You Everybody Out Rather Part Like Than Energies Whether Express Violence Violent
If you cut art from school, you're going to have a lot more looted shops. Cornelia Parker
Art You School More Lot Going Shops Cut
Living in a warehouse is great - but after a while, you just want a garden. Cornelia Parker
Great You Garden Living Just Want After While Warehouse
I never got to play as a child. All my spare time was spent working on my family's smallholding. Cornelia Parker
Time Family Spent Never Got Child Spare Spare Time Working Play
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