I always love the court fool in Shakespearean times, in Henry VIII’s time. The fool can say all kinds of stuff that the other people can’t say, so I’m hoping I might take that role. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
I was involved in a serious accident driving in torrential rain at midnight in Cardiff. I was only doing five miles an hour, but because I couldn’t see very well, I crossed a junction and collided with another car that was driving very fast. I ended up in hospital for six weeks with a shattered pelvis. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
Artists and scientists are very close. They always have been, but I think we’ve just been divided out over the last few centuries into specialisms. Leonardo da Vinci was drawing helicopters and all kinds of things. We’re artificially divided. I think we’re closer than we think we are. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
I think design means, for me, almost when man, back in time, decided to do something conscious. You know… to shape something and make something different from just using things that were lying around. So whoever designed the wheel were onto a good thing. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
If it is good enough for Prince William and Kate, why is studying art history not good enough for the masses? Cornelia Parker Read Quote
That’s the problem with working and living in the same space – my studio is downstairs, so I often get distracted by domestic things. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
Living in a warehouse is great – but after a while, you just want a garden. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
There’s only a couple of coffee cups I’ll use, because I like the way they feel in my hand. I realise I’ve got lots of others, but I won’t use them because I just don’t like… the thickness of the ceramic is too much, or the glaze isn’t right. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
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 Read Quote
