97 Quotes by Cornelia Parker

Art and creativity are crucial, whether you're a mathematician, a scientist, or an artist.

Being a sculptor who uses found objects, all the objects I use in my work have been designed by other people. So I'm tweaking them in some way by squashing them or throwing them off cliffs! Then I formalise my damage by suspending them or arranging them in some kind of way. So I'm using other people's design in a way, so I'm an 'un-maker.'

I don't want to feel like an ambulance chaser, but very often, when I hear about a fire, my first instinct is to make a piece of art out of it.

I'm trying not to go through that midlife dip that artists tend to have.

I have never fitted neatly into the arts section, I don't think.

Traditional conceptual art is very dry.

As you get older, things don't work as well. I do Pilates, and that helps.

I think I was a late developer because I'd been stuck in the country and was a little bit shy and withdrawn.

I am 5ft 10in. I got my height from my dad, who was very rangy. I like being tall.