97 Quotes by Cornelia Parker

I don't particularly look at other artists when I'm working. But references do come into my work intuitively.

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.

You only get one life, so it seems to me you might as well do the things you want to do.

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.

I gave birth aged 45, which was a bit of a shock.

I don't mind getting older; I just don't want to be in pain.

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.

To make large, site-specific work as an artist is usually quite tortuous; there are so many boxes you have to tick.

As a working-class girl, receiving free school dinners, I studied art history. Having never had the chance to visit art galleries, I devoured the knowledge, and it has served me well as a practising artist.