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.’ Cornelia Parker Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Beauty is too easy. Often in my work, I take beautiful objects and do extreme things to them so that they are overlaid with something a bit more sinister and violent. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
What was the most important thing I learned from Chomsky? That capitalism compels us to work ourselves to death in order to stuff our houses with things we don’t need. Perhaps this is one thing art can do: create a new aesthetic, one of austerity. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
Even though people think I am more of a conceptual artist, I am actually very intuitive. For me, it is still a matter of allowing things to naturally rise to the top of my mental pile, and then I make them. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
