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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

Become

Future

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" My parents were always doubtful about my making a living as an artist. Even when I was up for the Turner Prize, my mum suggested I apply for a curator's job. "

Cornelia Parker

Always

Artist

" If I was prime minister, I would declare a state of emergency on climate change. "

" I definitely didn't want children, because my childhood was not a very happy time. "

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

" I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be. "

Cornelia Parker

Reaction

Always

" Who thought it would be a good idea to undermine art in the school curriculum? Who thought studying the history of our visual culture was a waste of time? Who thought that only private schools should have that privilege? Was it someone who said we don't need experts? "

" I do 10 minutes of Pilates every morning if I'm in the mood. "

" My father was a very controlling man, and it was a big relief to get away from that. "

" Dust, in the end, settles on everything. "

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

" I don't drive for pleasure. It's purely to get from A to B. "

" I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my freedom. "

" I never got to play as a child. All my spare time was spent working on my family's smallholding. "

" 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. "

" If you conceal things, they become more charged. "

Cornelia Parker

Things

You

" The best ideas come out of getting lost. "

" I can consciously say I like squashing things because I saw 'Tom and Jerry' films or Charlie Chaplin in 'Modern Times.' That's true. "

Cornelia Parker

True

Say

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

" After leaving college, I was in a show called Sculpture by Women where I was asked to talk about my history of victimisation in art, and I genuinely didn't think I had been victimised. Although I obviously believe in a lot of the feminist aspirations, I was wary about being dragged down by the politics of it. "

" Maybe it's my Catholic upbringing - I grew up thinking that Armageddon was just around the corner - now I know it is, with global warming and all. I can keep it at bay by doing the work. It's a sort of reverse sympathetic magic. I'm always doing it so it doesn't happen to me. "

Cornelia Parker

Thinking

Work

" I do think there is a link between the accidental art the sciences produce and the deliberate art the artist creates, but I can't help feeling that the innocence of the accidental art of science has a power and curious beauty that artists are hard-pressed to match. "

" 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

Say

Water

" Product design is fed by the avant-garde. "

" 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. "

" Our cultural industries are our biggest export, our biggest manufacturing base. Every pound spent on art education brings disproportionately large returns. It's the biggest bang for our buck. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. In fact, the more you put in, the greater the successes for the U.K. economy. "