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Living in a warehouse is great - but after a while, you just want a garden.

~Cornelia Parker

Topics: After Garden Great Just Living Want Warehouse While You

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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

Topics: Almost Around Back Conscious Decided Design Designed Different Good Good Thing Just Know Lying Make Man Me Means Onto Shape Something Thing Things Think Time Using Were Wheel Whoever You I Think A Good Thing

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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

Topics: Arranging Been Being Cliffs Damage Design Designed Found Kind Objects Off Other People Sculptor Some Them Then Throwing Use Uses Using Way Who Work

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Design impacts me in everything I do. Because, as I say, everything I own is designed. So the building I live in, the objects I choose to boil water in for example, even drinking vessels.

~Cornelia Parker

Topics: Because Boil Building Choose Design Designed Drinking Even Everything Example For Example Impacts Live Me Objects Own Say Water

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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

Topics: Because Coffee Couple Cups Feel Got Hand Just Like Lots Much Only Others Realise Right Them Too Too Much Use Way

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At my degree show, someone said, 'It's nice, but it's very feminine.' I said, thank you, taking it as a compliment, but they obviously meant it as an insult.

~Cornelia Parker

Topics: Compliment Degree Feminine Insult Meant Nice Obviously Said Show Someone Taking Thank Thank You Very You

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I went to a quite macho art school in the 1970s, and while everyone was making hulking big sculptures, I was making things out of bits of paper.

~Cornelia Parker

Topics: Art Art School Big Bits Everyone Macho Making Out Paper Quite School Sculptures Things While 1970S

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I think it's quite obvious my work is made by a woman, because I have never wanted to make anything that is not ephemeral. But I definitely want to be thought of as an artist first.

~Cornelia Parker

Topics: Anything Artist Because Definitely Ephemeral First Made Make Never Obvious Quite Think Thought Want Wanted Woman Work I Think

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I take things that are worn out through overuse, that have become cliches - like the shed, a traditional place of rest and retreat - and I give them a more incandescent future.

~Cornelia Parker

Topics: Become Cliches Future Give Like More Out Place Rest Retreat Shed Take Them Things Through Traditional Worn

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My work has threads of ideas from all over the place. I try to crystallise them in something simple and direct that the viewer can then take where they want.

~Cornelia Parker

Topics: Direct Ideas Over Place Simple Something Take Them Then Threads Try Viewer Want Where Work

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Artist

Born: Unknown

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